Huntington Woman Receives 70-Month Prison Sentence for Fentanyl Distribution
Brittany N. Cline, 32, of Huntington, West Virginia, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. The sentence triggers mandatory supervised release and asset forfeiture requirements that extend the case's impact on local opioid enforcement.
ocregister.comHuntington, W.Va. — Brittany N. Cline, 32, received a 70-month prison sentence May 9, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
The sentence covers Cline's role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 4,486 kilograms of fentanyl between April 2022 and February 2023. Federal prosecutors presented evidence that Cline and co-conspirators obtained fentanyl from sources in Mexico and supplied it to street-level dealers in the Huntington area. The total quantity equates to millions of lethal doses.
Cline's term of imprisonment will be followed by three years of supervised release. She must also forfeit $15,000 in cash seized during the investigation. Prior to sentencing, Cline had been detained since her arrest in February 2023.
The case forms part of the Justice Department's broader initiative against fentanyl trafficking networks operating across the southern border and into Appalachian communities. The U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of West Virginia handled the prosecution under 21 U.S.C. § 846.
This sentencing concludes one track of a multi-defendant investigation that yielded guilty pleas from six other individuals. Those co-defendants received sentences ranging from 37 months to 151 months in separate proceedings that concluded between 2024 and 2025.
The operational result requires the Federal Bureau of Prisons to designate a facility for Cline within the next 30 days under standard classification procedures. The three-year supervised release term will begin immediately upon her release from custody and includes standard conditions plus drug testing and cooperation with substance-abuse treatment programs.
The forfeiture of $15,000 must be completed within 60 days of the judgment. Those funds will be directed to the Justice Department's Assets Forfeiture Fund, which supports law enforcement operations targeting narcotics trafficking.
This marks the latest fentanyl-related sentence issued in the Southern District of West Virginia, which has recorded more than 180 such federal convictions since 2021. The district sits in a region where fentanyl overdoses have remained the leading cause of accidental death for residents ages 18 to 45, per West Virginia Department of Health statistics.
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