MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jansen V. Carr, of Ranson, West
Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation for selling cocaine, U.S.
Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Carr, age 35, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of
Cocaine Base” in October 2019. Carr admitted to selling cocaine base for $250
in August 2018 in Berkeley County.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara K. Omps-Botteicher, Special
Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Lydia Lehman, also with the Berkeley County
Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, and Assistant U.S Attorney Timothy D. Helman
prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Federal Bureau of
Investigation; the West Virginia State Police; the Eastern Panhandle Drug &
Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; the Berkeley County
Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, the
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the Martinsburg Police Department, the
Charles Town Police Department, and the Ranson Police Department investigated.
This prosecution was brought as a part of the Department of
Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Co-located
Strike Forces Initiative, which provides for the establishment of permanent
multi-agency task force teams that work side-by-side in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different
agencies to collaborate on intelligence-driven, multi-jurisdictional operations
against a continuum of priority targets and their affiliate illicit financial
networks. These prosecutor-led
co-located Strike Forces capitalize on the synergy created through the
long-term relationships that can be forged by agents, analysts, and prosecutors
who remain together over time, and they epitomize the model that has proven
most effective in combating organized crime.
Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.
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