Monongalia County woman sentenced for her role in an oxycodone distribution operation

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Marjorie Sue Webster, of Maidsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for her role in distributing oxycodone, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Webster, age 24, pled guilty to “Unlawful Use of Communication Facility” in January 2018. Webster admitted to using a phone to assist others in distributing oxycodone in March 2017 in Monongalia County. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the cases on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crime Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, led the investigation. The Task Force consists of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office, Morgantown Police Department, the Star City Police Department, the West Virginia State Police, the West Virginia University Police Department, the Granville Police Department, and the Monongalia County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

The investigation was funded in part by the federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). The OCDETF program supplies critical federal funding and coordination that allows federal and state agencies to work together to successfully identify, investigate, and prosecute major interstate and international drug trafficking organizations and other criminal enterprises.

Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.