Federal Inmate and Maryland Woman Indicted on Drug Charges

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Olona Roba, a federal inmate at United States Penitentiary Hazelton, and Sakile G. Fiddermon, of Fort Washington, Maryland, were indicted on heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine charges.

Roba, 26, and Fiddermon, 23, were each charged with conspiring to smuggle heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and suboxone into the penitentiary. According to the indictment, Fiddermon attempted to smuggle narcotics into the prison for Roba.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Flower is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

An indictment is merely an allegation, and each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.