WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – A Steubenville man has been sentenced to three years of probation for his role in a major cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard.
Rashaan Donell Mukes, 35, of Steubenville, Ohio, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Hydrochloride, Cocaine Base, Heroin, and Fentanyl” in February 2020.
Mukes admitted to working with others to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl in Hancock County and elsewhere from February 2018 to August 2019.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Danae DeMasi-Lemon prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The investigation was a multi-agency effort involving the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Hancock-Brooke-Weirton Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; the West Virginia State Police; the Marshall County Drug & Violent Crimes task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; The Ohio Valley Drug & Violent Crimes task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; the Jefferson County, Ohio, Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force; the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office; the Brooke County Sheriff’s Office; the Weirton Police Department; and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police.
This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided over the case. Mukes will serve three years of probation for his role in the operation.
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) program is a key component in the U.S. government’s efforts to disrupt and dismantle significant transnational organized crime threats. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
The case is related to an indictment of Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania residents in a drug conspiracy operation in the Ohio Valley. Find related press release here.
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Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime|Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Public Corruption|Weapons|Human Trafficking|White Collar Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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