United States of America v. Jaquan Marquis Brock

Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of the United States Postal Service to attempt to possess and distribute fentanyl.

By Kent Morlan

U.S. Postal Inspectors intercepted a package mailed to an apartment in Morgantown from an address in Scottsdale, Arizona. A search warrant for the package was executed and investigators found more than 1.6 pounds of fentanyl. The Postal Inspection Service worked with the Mon Metro Drug Task Force to deliver the package. Jaquan Marquis Brock, age 29, of Charlotte, North Carolina, retrieved the package and was arrested in the parking lot.

Brock faces 10 years to life in prison. A federal district court judge will determine the sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Cogar is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Mon Metro Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

The Defendant elected to plead guilty. He faces 10 years to life in prison.