Zanesville Men Sentenced On Drug Charges

Two Zanesville men were recently sentenced in connection with a marijuana distribution plan. The United State’s Attorneys Office in West Virginia reports that 35-year-old Jacob Dodson was sentenced to 72 months in prison on federal drug charges. Dodson pleaded guilty in September of 2010 to conspiracy to distribute 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana. The Court says Dodson admitted that he participated in a scheme between 2007 and 2009 with a drug supplier in Mexico to have pound quantities of marijuana brought to him in Ohio for distribution. In a separate hearing 48-year-old Russell Nelson, also of Zanesville, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute more than 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. The Court says Nelson admitted to allowing a associate to use a garage he owned in Zanesville as an off-loading facility for the distribution of marijuana.