From Office of the United State Attorney, Northern District of West Virginia

 

Jermell Simpson, 31, of Columbus, Ohio was sentenced today for distributing crack cocaine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

 

Walton was sentenced today to 30 months in prison with credit for time served since July 2014. An investigation by the Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, revealed that he sold crack cocaine in July 2014 near Bridgeport, West Virginia. He pled guilty in October 2014 to one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base, Aiding and Abetting.”

 

The Bridgeport Police Department has members on the Task Force. Chief John Walker is the chairman of the Task Force.

 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

 

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