MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Kia Johnson, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to six months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Johnson, 25, pleaded guilty in October 2020 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Unlawful Use of Communication Facility.” Johnson admitted to using a phone to help distribute Phencyclidine (PCP) in September 2019 in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.
U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.