Vernard Antonio Brown, Methamphetamine Trafficking, West Virginia 2023

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Defendants Sentenced for Roles in Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization

Two more defendants have been sent to prison for their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking organization that distributed large quantities of the substance in the Southern District of West Virginia.

Vernard Antonio Brown, also known as 'Bam,' 33, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.

Brown admitted that he and others used a residence in Huntington to store and distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Officers seized quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl, a shotgun, two pistols, and various rounds of ammunition during the search.

According to court documents, Brown participated in the DTO from at least August 2023 through November 2023. As part of that participation, he admitted to roles in multiple drug transactions within the Southern District of West Virginia. On May 17, 2023, Brown and a co-defendant distributed approximately 446 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant.

On September 27, 2023, Denzil Roger Grant, 50, of Hurricane, called DTO ringleader Derrell Cashawn Massey and asked to purchase fentanyl and methamphetamine. Grant admitted that after arranging the transaction, he traveled from Hurricane to Huntington where he met with Massey and bought methamphetamine.

Grant was sentenced to four years and seven months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine. The defendants are among 27 individuals indicted in a 53-count indictment that charges the defendants with distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl transported from Detroit, Michigan, in Huntington and other locations within the Southern District of West Virginia.

United States Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT), the West Virginia State Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.