Maryland woman sentenced for drug charge

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MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA –Jackie Devon Thompson, of North Frederick, Maryland, was sentenced today to 47 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Thompson, 42, pleaded guilty in February 2022 to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine Base, and Cocaine Hydrochloride.” Thompson admitted to working with others to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine hydrochloride from August 2020 to June 2021 in Berkeley County and elsewhere.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lara Omps-Botteicher and Timothy D. Helman prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

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

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