Two Men Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine from Jail

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Two men were sentenced to federal prison for the distribution of methamphetamine in Hampshire County.

Jimmey Lee Lambert, age 37, of Hampshire County, was sentenced today to 188 months for methamphetamine trafficking. Wes Allen Barrett, age 33, of Springfield, West Virginia, was sentenced to 140 months for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Barrett dealt drugs by phone for fellow inmate, Jimmy Lee Lambert, while incarcerated at the Potomac Highlands Regional Jail. Lambert then asked his father, Timmey Lambert, Sr., and his juvenile daughter to sell the methamphetamine while he was incarcerated. Investigators searched Timmy Lambert, Sr.’s house in Hampshire County and found nearly 140 grams of meth, 16 firearms, $4100 in counterfeit money, two scales, and a bulletproof vest.

Barrett and Lambert will each serve three years of supervised release following their prison sentences.

Timmey Lambert, Sr., was sentenced in January 2024 to 108 months in prison.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Kane prosecuted the cases on behalf of the government.

The Potomac Highlands Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funding initiative, investigated.

U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

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