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Federal Tipoffs Involving West Virginia Newsletter for Thursday October 31, 2024 ( 4 items )  

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Barbour County Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Charge
ELKINS, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: James Marklin Mayle, age 67, of Philippi, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 130 months for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, officers stopped Mayle's vehicle and found nearly two pounds of methamphetamine. Mayle, also known as "Mark Mayle," was transporting methamphetamine from Ohio  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Jefferson County Man Admits to Cocaine Charge
MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Jamie Green, age 46, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, pled guilty today to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General intercepted a package containing more than two pounds of cocaine mailed from Los Angeles, California, to  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Kanawha County Man Sentenced to More Than 19 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Crime
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Brandon Christopher Solomon, 30, of South Charleston, was sentenced today to 19 years and seven months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 6, 2023, Solomon sold approximate  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Maryland Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Charge
ELKINS, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Michael Anthony Matthews, age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison and three supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Matthews was a source of fentanyl in the Moorefield/Petersburg area of West Virginia. Matthews would supply large qua  more