Tyree Dupree Williams, Oxycodone Trafficking, West Virginia 2014

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Two individuals were sentenced in federal court today for oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Tyree Dupree Williams, 21, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for selling oxycodone in September 2014 near the campus of West Virginia University in Monongalia County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in June 2015 to one count of "Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Oxycodone within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location." The Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated.

Williams, who was 19 years old at the time of the crime, sold oxycodone to an undercover officer in September 2014. He was subsequently arrested and charged with the federal offense. He pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, where U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.

Prior to his arrest, Williams had no prior convictions, and his sentencing was a result of his guilty plea. He will serve his 51-month sentence in a federal prison.

Paul Dennison, 34, of Wallace, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison after he was discovered in possession of oxycodone and multiple firearms in January 2015 in Harrison County, West Virginia. In light of his previous felony conviction in Harrison County for "Delivery of a Controlled Substance – Marijuana," he is prohibited from possessing firearms. He pled guilty in July 2015 to one count of "Possession with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone – Aiding and Abetting" and one count of "Felon in Possession of a Firearm." He was sentenced today to 37 months on each count. The sentences will run concurrently for a total of 37 months in prison.

The Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated Dennison. He was arrested in January 2015 after a search warrant was executed at his residence. He was found to be in possession of oxycodone and multiple firearms, including a shotgun and a handgun.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted Williams and Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Adkins and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Morgan prosecuted Dennison on behalf of the government.

The sentences handed down to Williams and Dennison are a result of their guilty pleas and the evidence presented by the government. Both individuals will serve their sentences in federal prison.

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