Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg man will spend the next 15 years in federal prison for leading a drug operation that sold fentanyl and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced today.

Thomas Charles Goodwine, 32, was sentenced to 188 months. Goodwine directed others to sell fentanyl, p-Fluorofentanyl, and methamphetamine from a home in Clarksburg. During a search of the stash house, investigators seized fentanyl, methamphetamine, marijuana, a firearm, multiple cell phones, and drug paraphernalia. In total, Goodwine was responsible for nearly 33 grams of fentanyl, 4.42 grams of p-Fluorofentanyl, and more than 11 grams of methamphetamine.

Goodwine is a career offender with prior drug, firearms, and other convictions.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Cogar prosecuted the case.

The Greater Harrison Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated the case.

Fentanyl has been designated by President Donald Trump as a weapon of mass destruction due to its extreme lethality which poses a grave threat to public safety, even in trace amounts. This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, and repel the invasion of illegal immigration.

Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.