Four individuals were sentenced for methamphetamine trafficking in the Northern District of West Virginia.

Terry Lee Mason Jr., 37, from Martinsburg, received a 324-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of crystal methamphetamine. Robert Joseph Wilson III, 38, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced to 300 months for aiding and abetting the distribution of over five grams of methamphetamine. Mason, also known as “TJ,” and Wilson, also known as “Robbie,” collaborated with others to sell meth in Berkeley County, as outlined in court documents.

Brenda Sams, 44, from Petersburg, was sentenced to 70 months for distributing methamphetamine in Grant County. Sams has previous drug convictions in the Northern District of West Virginia, along with state-level drug and theft convictions.

Melinda Kay Zirbs, 57, of Elkins, received a 56-month federal prison sentence for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Officers investigating Zirbs for drug trafficking seized meth and over $20,000 from her home.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kyle Kane and Stephen Warner prosecuted these cases.

Multiple law enforcement agencies contributed to these investigations, including the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Maryland State Police, the Hagerstown Police Department, the Martinsburg Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Additionally, the Washington County, Maryland, Narcotics Task Force, the Eastern Panhandle Drug Task Force, the Frederick County, Maryland, Sheriff’s Department, the Potomac Highlands Drug Task Force, and the Mountain Region Drug Task Force, all of which are HIDTA-funded initiatives, played crucial roles.

U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided over Mason and Wilson’s sentencings, while Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh oversaw the Sams and Zirbs hearings.