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April 23, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Martinsburg Resident Enters Plea to Drug Charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A 35-year old Martinsburg, West Virginia, resident entered a plea of guilty on April 20, 2012, in United States District Court in Martinsburg before Magistrate Judge David J. Joel.

United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced that: ANTOINE JAMINE BROWN a/k/a “D” entered a plea of guilty to one count of distribution of crack cocaine in Martinsburg. BROWN, who is 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 Erin K. Reisenweber and was investigated by the Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crime 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.