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Federal Tipoffs Involving West Virginia Newsletter for Tuesday May 07, 2024 ( 4 items )  

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia: Berkeley County Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Charge
MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Derrick Dwayne Myers, age 46, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 150 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Myers was selling controlled substances from a motel in Martinsburg. Investigators searched several rooms at the   more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Charleston Woman Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Jeren Danielle Canterbury, 34, of Charleston, was sentenced today to three years and five months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for two counts of distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 3, 2023, Canterbury sold approximately 27.84 grams of met  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Huntington Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Tyson Davis II, 28, of Huntington, was sentenced today to nine years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on November 8, 2021, Davis sold approximately 52 grams of m  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Operation Smoke and Mirrors Update: Sentencing of Charleston Man Marks Major Milestone in Takedown of Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: The recent sentencing of Jasper Wemh, 39, of Charleston, to 16 years and eight months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, marks a significant milestone in a four-indictment drug trafficking organization (DTO) case that yielded the largest methamphetamine seizure in West Virginia history. Wemh is among 27 of 32 defendants wh  more