OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
Sharon L. Potter
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 234-0100 ● Contact: Fawn E. Thomas, Public Affairs Specialist
October 23, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Clarksburg Resident Entered Guilty Plea to Drug Charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA — A 47 year old Clarksburg, West Virginia, resident entered a plea of guilty on October 22, 2007, in United States District Court in Clarksburg before Magistrate Judge John S. Kaull.
United States Attorney Sharon L. Potter announced that NORVAL EUGENE WALTERS entered a plea of guilty to one count of an Indictment charging him with the distribution of “crack” cocaine on December 14, 2006, in Clarksburg.
WALTERS, who is currently free on bond pending sentencing, faces a maximum exposure of 20 years imprisonment and a fine of $1,000,000.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Zelda E. Wesley. The case was investigated by the West Virginia State Police - Bureau of Criminal Investigations.