Chesapeake Man Sentenced for Distributing
Drugs Resulting in Death (Norfolk, VA) 

Terry Lee Tetterton, age 43, of Chesapeake, Virginia,
was sentenced today to 262 months in prison, followed by
five years of supervised release, for distributing a
controlled substance with death resulting from the use
of the controlled substance. Chuck Rosenberg, United
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia,
made the announcement after sentencing by United States
District Judge Walter D. Kelley Jr. Tetterton pled
guilty on October 2, 2006. According to court documents,
a search for narcotics was conducted at Tetterton’s home
in Chesapeake on February 25, 2006. During the search,
the body of Jenifer Patterson, of Virginia Beach, was
found. Patterson had died of acute cocaine poisoning.
Tetterton admitted that Patterson had taken cocaine
which he provided. Law enforcement also received
information that Tetterton planned to dispose of her
body in a nearby swamp. This case was investigated by
the Drug Enforcement Administration in Norfolk and the
Chesapeake Police Department. The case is being
prosecuted jointly by Assistant United States Attorney
Kevin M. Comstock of the United States Attorney’s Office
and by Special Assistant United States Attorney Damien
J. Hansen of the Chesapeake Commonwealth Attorney’s
Office. Commonwealth Attorney Nancy Parr and her office
provided invaluable assistance in the prosecution of
this case. 

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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
CHUCK ROSENBERG, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
ALEXANDRIA NEWPORT NEWS NORFOLK RICHMOND