Columbus man sentenced for meth charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Darrick Dorell Fleming, II, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Fleming, 38, pleaded guilty in March 2022 to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.” Fleming admitted to having methamphetamine in October 2021 in Ohio County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn M. Adkins prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug Task Force and the Marshall County Drug Task Force, both HIDTA-funded initiatives, investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.