17 people plead guilty to bringing  fentanyl, meth, and cocaine to West Virginia from another state’s trafficking organization

Seventeen people have pled guilty to drug distribution charges following an investigation into a Baltimore-based trafficking organization.

United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced that since an indictment was returned in January against Gary Brown, Jr. and eighty-one others, many of those charged in the conspiracy have admitted to their role in an operation that caused substantial amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine to be distributed in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia.

“Thanks to the excellent work of federal prosecutors and local, state, and federal investigators, numerous defendants in this case have accepted responsibility for their crimes and will be held accountable for endangering our communities through the distribution of illicit drugs,” said U.S. Attorney Ihlenfeld. “There’s more work to be done,but significant progress has been made.”

Those who have entered pleas of guilty thus far are as follows:

• Zachary Thomas Doman, age 24, of Martinsburg;
• Marissa Huntoon-Gregory, 34, of Summit Point;
• Connor James McLaughlin, 31, of Ranson;
• Alyssa Rose McIntyre, 28, of Harpers Ferry;
• Daniel Lee Corbin, Jr., 35, of Martinsburg;
• Eric Lyn Custer, 38, of Charles Town;
• John Wesley Yates, 36, of Bunker Hill;
• Haile Madalynn Speaks, 21, of Charles Town;
• Kimberly Ann Barrett, 44, of Harpers Ferry;
• Brenda Henry, 57, of Charles Town;
• John Ernest LeCluse, 39, of Harpers Ferry;
• Michael Lee Engle, 46, of Harpers Ferry;
• Joshua Paul Barrett, 44, of Harpers Ferry;
• Gregory O’Brien Long, Jr. 26, of Charles Town;
• Jeffrey Scott Main, 53, of Harpers Ferry;
• Eva Louise Ashbaugh, 25, of Harpers Ferry; and
• Kayleigh Nicole Beavers, 38, of Winchester, Virginia.

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