Tiffany Dawn Shaffer, a 36-year-old resident of Charleston, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and for violating supervised release. Following her prison term, she will serve six years of supervised release.
Court records show that on June 17, 2025, law enforcement stopped Shaffer’s vehicle near St. Albans. During the stop, Shaffer admitted to having two pounds of methamphetamine in the back of her car.
At the time of this incident, Shaffer was already on supervised release due to a previous conviction for distributing five grams or more of methamphetamine in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on June 28, 2021. The new sentence includes two years to be served concurrently for committing another crime while under supervision.
Shaffer’s criminal history also includes convictions for conspiracy to operate a clandestine drug laboratory and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
United States Attorney Moore Capito acknowledged the work of the St. Albans Police Department and the support from the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT), which consists of several local law enforcement agencies including the Charleston Police Department, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Nitro Police Department, St. Albans Police Department and South Charleston Police Department.
The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. Assistant United States Attorney JC MacCallum prosecuted the case.
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