Ohio County man sentenced for drug charge

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Cordale Antonio Williams, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 94 months of incarceration for a drug charge, First Assistant United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.

Williams, 41, pleaded guilty in January 2022 to one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base.” Williams admitted to selling cocaine base, also known as “crack,” in June 2020 in Ohio County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn M. Adkins prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

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