MORGANTOWN – A Monongalia County grand jury has indicted a former West Virginia University professor for two felony drug crimes allegedly involving students.
According to the indictment filed Friday, Jeanette Garcia conspired to commit the felony offense of Delivery of a Controlled Substance. The document lists those substances as Adderall and Oxycodone.
As of Friday, Garcia was listed as an associate professor in the WVU College of Applied Human Sciences.
Contacted Friday afternoon, Executive Director of Strategic Communications Shauna Johnson said Garcia is no longer a WVU employee.
According to court documents, a student reported to university officials in October 2025 that Garcia had been conspiring with other individuals, including at least two of her students, to obtain prescription medication from them without a prescription and/or provide prescription medication to them without a prescription.
At that time, both WVU Police and the WVU Department of Employee Relations began investigations.
The police report indicates both students in question cooperated with the investigation and provided text messages indicating Garcia had communicated with them and requested they provide her with their prescription medications. One student provided a statement indicating Garcia had communicated with him/her with offers to provide prescription medications that were in Garcia’s possession.
The medications requested and/or offered by Garcia included stimulants and pain medication according to the report, which states, “One drug that Garcia both offered and requested at different times was Adderall, a Schedule II controlled substance.”
A search warrant for Garcia’s phone turned up conversations with individuals outside the state of West Virginia “that were consistent with the acquisition of controlled substances,” according to the report.
If found guilty on count one, involving Adderall, Garcia faces one to five years in prison and/or a fine up to $15,000.
Count two, involving Oxycodone, carries one to 15 years in prison and/or a fine up to $25,000.
