Morgantown, West Virginia, residents Jeffrey Marsh and Bobbie Jo Phillips have received prison sentences for their involvement in a significant drug trafficking operation that distributed methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine across North Central West Virginia. U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced the sentencings.
Jeffrey Marsh, 47, was sentenced to 78 months in prison, while Bobbie Jo Phillips, 39, received time served after spending 22 months in federal prison. Both individuals were part of a drug trafficking network led by Rodney Johnson in the Morgantown area. During the investigation, officers searched Phillips’ residence, seizing a handgun, cash, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and drug paraphernalia.
Rodney Johnson, the operation's leader, was previously sentenced to 188 months in prison in March 2025. This case has seen 23 of 25 defendants, including Marsh, Phillips, and Johnson, sentenced to a combined total of 196 years in prison. The case is part of "Operation Take Back America," a nationwide Department of Justice initiative targeting cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and highlights the threat of fentanyl, which President Donald Trump has designated a weapon of mass destruction.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Mon Metro Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative involving multiple federal and local law enforcement agencies.