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Wheeling man sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for heroin trafficking

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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Tyrell Askerneese, 37, of Wheeling, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for heroin trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Askerneese sold heroin in May 2014 in Ohio County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in August 2015 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting the Distribution of Heroin.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Marshall County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, the Ohio Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, both HIDTA-funded initiatives, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the United States Marshals Service, and the Wheeling Police Department investigated. 

Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. presided.

Updated January 8, 2016
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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