ZANESVILLE – A little over a year ago, a Zanesville man pleaded guilty to two federal counts, one for conspiracy to distribute and another for aiding and abetting, in connection to the sale of more than 428 grams of methamphetamine near Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Catra “Trey” Nelson, 50, appeared for sentencing May 28 and received 12 years in prison and a subsequent five years of supervised release, according to release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of West Virginia.
Nelson reportedly worked with at least one male co-conspirator, Steven Reger, between January 2020 and March 2021 to distribute more than 40 pounds of methamphetamine, the release stated.
A federal grand jury indicted Nelson on the offenses in October 2022, and he evaded capture on the resulting arrest warrant until May 2024.
Co-defendant Reger, 49, of Morgantown, was sentenced in August 2023 to five years and three months in prison and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in the distribution of the methamphetamine.
This article originally appeared on Zanesville Times Recorder: Federal case ends with prison sentence for Zanesville drug conspirator
Reporting by Shawn Digity, Zanesville Times Recorder / Zanesville Times Recorder
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