CLARKSBURG, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Clarksburg woman has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in federal prison after admitting to distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in Harrison County.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia, Taylor Danielle Jenkins, 32, was sentenced to 140 months in prison.
Federal prosecutors said Jenkins distributed methamphetamine and fentanyl in Harrison County. During two separate traffic stops, investigators seized more than 800 grams of methamphetamine, 203 grams of fentanyl, three firearms and $6,006 in cash from her vehicle.
As part of the sentence, Jenkins was also ordered to forfeit the three firearms, associated ammunition and the seized cash.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Greater Harrison Drug Task Force, a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)-funded initiative, and the Philippi Police Department.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the case is part of the Department of Justice’s Operation Take Back America initiative. The release also states that fentanyl has been designated by President Donald Trump as a weapon of mass destruction because of its extreme lethality and the threat it poses to public safety, even in trace amounts.
Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh imposed the sentence.
