Major Methamphetamine Supplier Sentenced to 140 Months (DOJ)

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Pair of Dealers Also Sentenced in Major Hit to Local Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Markets

ABINGDON, Va. - A major supplier of methamphetamine in Southwest Virginia - and a pair of related dealers - were sentenced last week to lengthy federal prison terms, dealing a major blow to the drug market in Southwest Virginia.

On Friday, Ashley Linden Beverly, Jr., 51, of Pound, Va., was sentenced to 140 months in federal prison. Beverly previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Also on Friday, two methamphetamine and fentanyl dealers, Cody Rose, 36, and Brandon Boggs, 35, were each sentenced. Boggs was sentenced to 108 months and Rose 49 months.

According to court documents, Beverly served as a major supplier of methamphetamine in the Wise County, Virginia area, selling over five kilograms of methamphetamine from approximately May 2022 through November 2022.

Beverly also combined drug distribution with the possession of firearms. Sources often described seeing handguns at Beverly's Pound, Virginia residence, from where he sold a majority of his narcotics. In addition, Beverly routinely traded methamphetamine for firearms, some of which he knew were stolen. Beverly was known around Pound, Virginia as "the gun guy."

Beverly supplied Boggs with methamphetamine, who in turn supplied Rose with methamphetamine that he then distributed. In addition, Rose and Boggs were key parts of a second conspiracy that brought fentanyl into Southwest Virginia from North Carolina and Kentucky. Additional co-conspirators are scheduled to be sentenced later this month.

Acting U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Lee and Anthony A. Spotswood, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives made the announcement.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Southwest Drug Task Force, Wise County Sheriff's Office investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lena Busscher prosecuted the case for the United States.

Updated April 8, 2025