CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: John Wayne Harkless, 46, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Harkless admitted to a role in a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) that distributed methamphetamine in the Charleston area. According to court documents and statements made in court, from in or about January 2024 to in or about May 2024, Hark  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Jack F. Gibbins, III, age 47, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, officers attempted a traffic stop on Gibbins's motorcycle. After a pursuit, Gibbins was arrested and officers found metha  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Jacarre Cortez Woodruff, 23, of Dunbar, was sentenced today to three years and five months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 25, 2023, Woodruff sold approximately 28 grams of a substance containing a mixture of heroin, fent  more

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Shawn Gorsira, 53, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for distributing heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine in Berkeley County. According to court documents and statements made in court, Gorsira was a distributor for a drug trafficking conspiracy, selling large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in Berkeley Count  more

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Two people have been indicted for fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funding on behalf of a West Virginia resident, according to United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld. Kimberly VanKline, 56, of Hyattsville, Maryland, and Rhonda Brown-Moore, 64, of Brooklyn, New York, were indicted yesterday for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud  more

ELKINS, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Two West Virginia men have admitted to methamphetamine trafficking in Grant and Randolph Counties. James Jerome Curtis, 41, of Petersburg, West Virginia, and Burlin Junior Howell, 59, of Elkins, West Virginia, each pled guilty to distributing methamphetamine. According to court documents, Curtis was selling methamphetamine in Grant County. Howell sold   more