Brooke County nurse sentenced for illegal drug distribution

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Sharon E. Jackson, of Wellsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced on May 30, 2019 to two years probation for distributing drugs illegally, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Jackson, age 46, a registered nurse, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances Outside the Bounds of Professional Medical Practice” in December 2017. Jackson admitted to conspiring with others to illegally distribute suboxone, subutex, and buprenorphine, controlled substances used to treat opioid addiction. Jackson admitted to committing the crime while operating at an opioid addiction treatment center, Advance Healthcare, Inc., in Weirton, West Virginia from 2007 until 2017.

Jackson was also ordered to pay $100,000 in a money judgment.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sarah E. Wagner and Robert H. McWilliams, Jr. prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.