MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Seven more people have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that spanned from Baltimore to the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
These sentences come following an indictment, returned in January 2024 against Gary Brown, Jr., and eighty-one others, charged the defendants with distributing substantial amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.
Three of the seven individuals received prison sentences including:
James Beau Baker, age 29, of Charles Town, West Virginia, sentenced to 97 months;
Amanda Nicole Albert, 32, of Knoxville, Maryland, sentenced to 46 months in prison;
Aaron Joshua James, age 31, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, sentenced to 70 months in prison;
Two others received probation:
Kaitlyn Ashley Knight, age 32, of Falling Waters, West Virginia, sentenced to three years’ probation;
Ryan Brennan, age 33, of Strasburg, Virginia, sentenced to five years’ probation;
And an additional two defendents were sentenced to time served:
Kendall Axavier Baker, age 32, of Winchester, Virginia, sentenced to time served;
April Dawn Wentzell, age 37, of Ranson, West Virginia, sentenced to time served;
Of the 82 defendants, 80 have been convicted. Including today’s seven, 44 defendants have been sentenced. One defendant, Charles Delroy Singletary, age 44, of Baltimore, Maryland, remains a fugitive.
