Meth Trafficking Leads to Significant Federal Prison Sentence for Ohio Man

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - An Ohio man will spend the next 12 years behind bars after being sentenced for selling methamphetamine in Wetzel County, West Virginia, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey.

Christopher W. Radcliff, 56, of Byesville, Ohio, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for methamphetamine offenses. Radcliff, also known as "Squeak," was observed selling methamphetamine in New Martinsville, West Virginia on several dates in 2024. During a traffic stop in Pleasants County, West Virginia, officers seized methamphetamine and $1,200. In total, the drug weight from the sales and the seizure amounted to nearly a pound and a half of methamphetamine.

Radcliff's criminal history includes multiple drug and theft convictions.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Clayton Reid prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

The Marshall County Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, and repel the invasion of illegal immigration.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.