MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Four individuals have been sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking in separate cases in the Northern District of West Virginia, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Terry Lee Mason, Jr., 37, of Martinsburg, W.Va., was sentenced to 324 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of crystal methamphetamine. Mason, also known as “TJ,” was involved in distributing meth in Berkeley County alongside co-defendant Robert Joseph Wilson, III.
Wilson, 38, of Hagerstown, Md., was sentenced to 300 months in prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine. Court documents revealed that Mason and Wilson worked with others to sell methamphetamine in the region.
Brenda Sams, 44, of Petersburg, W.Va., was sentenced to 70 months for distributing methamphetamine. Sams, who has prior drug and theft convictions, was found selling meth in Grant County. This marks her second federal drug conviction in the Northern District of West Virginia.
Melinda Kay Zirbs, 57, of Elkins, W.Va., was sentenced to 56 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Investigators seized meth and more than $20,000 from Zirbs’ home during a drug trafficking investigation.
The cases were prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kyle Kane and Stephen Warner.