WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Jordan Tyler Kerns, 32, of Paden City, West Virginia, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Kerns was selling methamphetamine in Wetzel County. During the investigation, Kerns was observed traveling to the Morgantown area to obtain methamphetamine. Officers conducted a traffic stop during one of these trips and seized 80 grams of meth from his vehicle.
Kerns will serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Clayton Reid prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Marshall County Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.
