Vehicle with Methamphetamine, Fentanyl, Firearms Lands Woman in Prison

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg, West Virginia woman was sentenced to 140 months in prison for selling hundreds of grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey.

Taylor Danielle Jenkins, 32, distributed methamphetamine and fentanyl in Harrison County. During two traffic stops, investigators seized more than 800 grams of methamphetamine, 203 grams of fentanyl, three firearms, and $6,006 in cash from her vehicle.

Jenkins was ordered to forfeit the three firearms, associated ammunition, and cash.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Warner is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Greater Harrison Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; and the Philippi Police Department investigated.

Fentanyl has been designated by President Donald Trump as a weapon of mass destruction due to its extreme lethality which poses a grave threat to public safety, even in trace amounts. 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.

Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.