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MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Joseph George Ray, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Ray, 56, also known as “YB,” pleaded guilty…

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Marquis Hicks, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a conspiracy involving the illegal purchase and transportation of firearms, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J.…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Detroit man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. Jaishawn Harris, 19, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, on March 11,…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –  A Charleston woman who conspired with multiple individuals to distribute methamphetamine in 2018 and 2019 was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison.  According to…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.  On February 25, 2019, Maurice Lavelle Miller, Jr., 31, sold approximately one gram of heroin to a confidential…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Newport News man was sentenced yesterday to four life sentences in prison for his role in a gang-related racketeering conspiracy, murder, and attempted murder. According to court…

Greenbelt, Maryland – Daniel Velcu, age 43, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal bank and wire fraud conspiracy, in which the conspirators received approximately $1,244,056.77 in stolen checks intended…

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Detrick Lee Foston, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was arrested today after being indicted by a federal grand jury on firearms charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.…

GREAT FALLS – A Florida man today admitted trafficking methamphetamine in Great Falls and transporting stolen property after he was arrested in Missouri driving a truck and pulling a stolen trailer loaded…

NORFOLK, Va. – A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to two years in prison for defrauding the Virginia Medicaid program by submitting over $188,000 in false claims for a residential nursing facility. “For…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Three individuals appeared in federal court today for gun crimes.  Eddie Lee Conley, 45, of Logan County, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for being a felon…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), announced today the formation of a Civil Rights Team in the Office’s Criminal Division, which will be…

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Edward Grace, Assistant Director of the Office of Law Enforcement for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announced that…

            ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – David Wellington, 62, of Albuquerque, and Jerry Shrock, 46, of Meadowview, Virginia, were indicted on June 23 by a federal grand jury charging them with conspiracy to defraud…

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Phillip W. Conley, of Jacksonville, Florida, has admitted to a fraud charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Conley, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of “Securities…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for a federal drug crime. Aaron Howell, 46, previously pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Antoine Louis, 37, of St. Albans, was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, and eight months in prison, to…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –  Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced today that Jawed Ali Khan Sherwani, Beckley Pharmacy and Bee Well Pharmacy have agreed to pay $300,000 in civil monetary penalties to…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge. According to court documents, on October 14, 2020, Cecil Monroe Bowman, 66, was pulled over by the West…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Michael Stanley Wright, 34, of Huntington, was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. According to court documents, on…