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Date: 10-24-2022

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United States of America v. Farrah Doreen Fletch

Case Number: 3:22-cr-00046

Judge: Robert W. Trumble

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia (Berkeley County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

Defendant's Attorney:




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Description: Martinsburg, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged for her role in a methamphetamine distribution operation.

Farrah Doreen Fletcher, age 45, pleaded guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Methamphetamine.” Fletcher admitted to working with others to sell methamphetamine from August to October 2021 in Hampshire County and elsewhere.

Fletcher faces up to 20 years of incarceration and a fine of up to $1,000,000. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Potomac Highlands Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives investigated. The task force consists of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement Administration; West Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation; the Mineral County Sheriff's Office; the Hardy County Sheriff’s Office; the Grant County Sheriff’s Office; and the Keyser Police Department.

Violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C).

Except as otherwise provided in section 849,
859, 860, or 861 of this title, any person who vio-
lates subsection (a) of this section shall be sen-
tenced as follows:
(1)(A) In the case of a violation of subsection
(a) of this section involving—
(i) 1 kilogram or more of a mixture or sub-
stance containing a detectable amount of her-
oin;
(ii) 5 kilograms or more of a mixture or sub-
stance containing a detectable amount of—
(I) coca leaves, except coca leaves and ex-
tracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ec-
gonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their
salts have been removed;
(II) cocaine, its salts, optical and geo-
metric isomers, and salts of isomers;
(III) ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts,
isomers, and salts of isomers; or
(IV) any compound, mixture, or prepara-
tion which contains any quantity of any of
the substances referred to in subclauses (I)
through (III);
(iii) 280 grams or more of a mixture or sub-
stance described in clause (ii) which contains
cocaine base;
(iv) 100 grams or more of phencyclidine
(PCP) or 1 kilogram or more of a mixture or
substance containing a detectable amount of
phencyclidine (PCP);
(v) 10 grams or more of a mixture or sub-
stance containing a detectable amount of ly-
sergic acid diethylamide (LSD);
(vi) 400 grams or more of a mixture or sub-
stance containing a detectable amount of N-
phenyl-N- [ 1- ( 2-phenylethyl ) -4-piperidinyl ]
propanamide or 100 grams or more of a mix-
ture or substance containing a detectable
amount of any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-
phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide;
(vii) 1000 kilograms or more of a mixture or
substance containing a detectable amount of
marihuana, or 1,000 or more marihuana plants
regardless of weight; or
(viii) 50 grams or more of methamphet-
amine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its iso-
mers or 500 grams or more of a mixture or sub-
stance containing a detectable amount of
methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts
of its isomers;
such person shall be sentenced to a term of im-
prisonment which may not be less than 10 years
or more than life and if death or serious bodily
injury results from the use of such substance
shall be not less than 20 years or more than life,
a fine not to exceed the greater of that author-
ized in accordance with the provisions of title 18
or $10,000,000 if the defendant is an individual or
$50,000,000 if the defendant is other than an indi-
vidual, or both. If any person commits such a
violation after a prior conviction for a serious
drug felony or serious violent felony has become
Page 778TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS§ 841
final, such person shall be sentenced to a term
of imprisonment of not less than 15 years and
not more than life imprisonment and if death or
serious bodily injury results from the use of
such substance shall be sentenced to life impris-
onment, a fine not to exceed the greater of twice
that authorized in accordance with the provi-
sions of title 18 or $20,000,000 if the defendant is
an individual or $75,000,000 if the defendant is
other than an individual, or both. If any person
commits a violation of this subparagraph or of
section 849, 859, 860, or 861 of this title after 2 or
more prior convictions for a serious drug felony
or serious violent felony have become final, such
person shall be sentenced to a term of imprison-
ment of not less than 25 years and fined in ac-
cordance with the preceding sentence. Notwith-
standing section 3583 of title 18, any sentence
under this subparagraph shall, in the absence of
such a prior conviction, impose a term of super-
vised release of at least 5 years in addition to
such term of imprisonment and shall, if there
was such a prior conviction, impose a term of
supervised release of at least 10 years in addi-
tion to such term of imprisonment. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the court
shall not place on probation or suspend the sen-
tence of any person sentenced under this sub-
paragraph. No person sentenced under this sub-
paragraph shall be eligible for parole during the
term of imprisonment imposed therein.

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Outcome: 10/24/2022 118 WAIVER OF ARTICLE III JUDGE AND CONSENT TO ENTER GUILTY PLEA BEFORE THE US MAGISTRATE JUDGE by Farrah Doreen Fletcher (5). (je) (Entered: 10/24/2022)
10/24/2022 119 CHANGE OF PLEA ORDER as to Farrah Doreen Fletcher (5). Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert W. Trumble on 10/24/2022. (cwm) Copy to USMS and USPO. (Entered: 10/24/2022)

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