A Waynesboro man was sentenced Wednesday for his role in a drug trafficking organization that operated in the Charleston, W.Va. area.
Todd Tyler Snead, 57, will serve 10 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston imposed the sentence.
According to court documents, beginning in October 2022, Snead transported one pound per month from West Virginia to Virginia as part of the conspiracy.
On March 14, 2023, Snead traveled from Virginia to Saint Albans, W.Va., to obtain four pounds of methamphetamine from a co-defendant. Law enforcement officers followed Snead back to a hotel in Cross Lanes, where they searched the trunk of his vehicle, found the methamphetamine and arrested him.
Snead has a criminal history that includes a prior felony conviction for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on Dec. 13, 2006.
Snead is among 30 individuals indicted as a result of Operation Smoke and Mirrors, a major drug trafficking investigation that has yielded the largest methamphetamine seizure in West Virginia history. Law enforcement seized more than 200 pounds of methamphetamine as well as 28 pounds of cocaine, 20 pounds of fentanyl, 18 firearms and $747,000 in cash.
Nineteen of the defendants have pleaded guilty.
Assistant United States Attorney Jeremy B. Wolfe prosecuted the case.
The investigation was part of the Department of Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
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