CLARKSBURG — A Pleasants County man was sentenced to 21 months in prison for methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia Bill Powell announced.

Dale Wesley Jenkins Jr., aka Buddy, 56, of St. Marys, was sentenced Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley after pleading guilty in August to one count of distribution of methamphetamine. Jenkins admitted to selling methamphetamine in November 2016 in Pleasants County, officials said.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The West Virginia State Police and the Pleasants County Sheriff’s Office investigated.