Jonathan Fitzpatrick, 33, of Pratt, West Virginia, was sentenced on March 4 to 16 years and two months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing a mixture containing methamphetamine. The announcement was made by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Faber imposed the 192-month sentence.
The indictment, returned during a grand jury session on July 9, detailed Fitzpatrick’s involvement in distributing meth. On June 3, 2024, Fitzpatrick sold approximately 10 pounds of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in the Kanawha City area of Charleston. Fitzpatrick admitted to this transaction and further confessed to distributing a total of about 90 pounds of methamphetamine to the informant between December 2022 and April 2024.
The indictment also included a notice of forfeiture, seeking to seize any property derived from the alleged drug offense or used to facilitate its commission. The case was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
The DEA emphasized that an indictment is a formal accusation and does not constitute proof of guilt. Fitzpatrick was presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.