Steven Andrew Short, Hydromorphone Distribution, West Virginia 2015

BLUEFIELD, W.Va.

– A local man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for using a phone to facilitate the distribution of hydromorphone.

Steven Andrew Short, 30, of Bluefield, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for using a phone to facilitate the distribution of hydromorphone. Short previously pleaded guilty in November 2015 to the federal drug crime.

Short admitted that on April 8, 2015, he used a phone to help set up a drug deal with a confidential informant working with law enforcement. Later that same day, Short distributed hydromorphone pills to the informant near Rock in Mercer County. Short also admitted that he distributed more than 1800 hydromorphone pills.

Short faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced on May 17, 2016.

The case was investigated by the Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force and the West Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations. Assistant United States Attorney John File handled the prosecution.

The hearings were conducted by Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber.

This case was prosecuted as part of the Bluefield Pill Initiative, an ongoing effort led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia to combat the illicit sale and misuse of prescription drugs and heroin.

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