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Doddridge County, WV woman sentenced for selling heroin near playground

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Amanda Dawn Arth, 35, of Greenwood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for heroin trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Arth sold heroin in April 2015 near Broadway Playground in Harrison County, West Virginia. She pled guilty in October 2015 to one count of “Distribution of Heroin within 1,000 feet of a Protected Location.”

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stephen Vogrin, Andrew Cogar, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Morgan prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.

Updated February 3, 2016
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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