3 plead guilty to drug charges

Associated Press

WHEELING, W.Va.

An Ohio County elementary school guidance counselor faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug charges.

Thirty-four-year-old Kristyn Elizabeth Fetcko was accused of participating in a prescription-painkiller ring.

U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II says Fetcko pleaded guilty Friday to distribution of oxycodone.

Fetcko is a guidance counselor at Ritchie Elementary School in Wheeling. She was suspended without pay in February.

Two co-defendants also entered guilty pleas Friday.

Sixty-five-year-old Steven L. Namack pleaded guilty to distribution of oxycodone. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

Forty-year-old Adam W. Barnes faces up to four years in prison after pleading guilty to using a telephone to facilitate the distribution of oxycodone.

Another co-defendant, Brian Schultz, is scheduled to stand trial Sept. 23.