Drug Dealer Selling Methamphetamine Near Playground Sentenced to Federal Prison
WHEELING, W.Va. – A Wheeling, West Virginia man will spend the next five years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine near a playground, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey.
Matthew Luff, 42, sold more than 13 grams of methamphetamine near Heritage Port Playground in Wheeling. Luff has multiple prior convictions, including burglary, drug possession and trafficking, and obstructing justice.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Clayton Reid prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Ohio Valley Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, and repel the invasion of illegal immigration.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.