Mineral County Woman Sentenced for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sara L. Jackson, age 49, of Keyser, West Virginia, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey.

Jackson conspired with another individual to sell large amounts of fentanyl, some pressed into pills, as well as methamphetamine in Mineral County. A search warrant executed at a Jackson's apartment recovered nearly 1300 grams of fentanyl and 788 grams of methamphetamine.

Jackson will serve three years of supervised release following her prison sentence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

The Potomac Highlands Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

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.

U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.