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February 25, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Martinsburg Resident Pled Guilty
to Distribution of “Crack” Cocaine within
1,000 Feet of a School

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA — A 30 year old Martinsburg, West Virginia, resident entered a plea of guilty on February 17, 2009, in United States District Court in Martinsburg before Magistrate Judge David J. Joel.

United States Attorney Sharon L. Potter announced that AQUANNETTE CHREE PETERS entered a plea of guilty to one count of an Indictment charging PETERS with the distribution of “crack” cocaine within 1,000 feet of Winchester Avenue Elementary School on March 28, 2007.

PETERS, who is currently free on bond pending sentencing, faces a maximum penalty of 40 years imprisonment and a fine of $2,000,000.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Erin K. Reisenweber. The case was investigated by the Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, consisting of officers from the West Virginia State Police - Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Martinsburg Police Department, and the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department.

 

 

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