ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Joshua Derek Raines, of Elkins, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
Raines, 38, pleaded guilty in July 2021 to one count of “Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Crime.” Raines admitted to having a .40 caliber pistol during a drug trafficking crime in August 2019.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mountain Region Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force investigated.
U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.
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