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April 17, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Maryland Resident Enters Plea in Federal Court

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA — A 36-year old Baltimore, Maryland, resident entered a plea of guilty on April 16, 2012, in United States District Court in Martinsburg before Magistrate Judge David J. Joel.

United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced that: KEVIN EDWARD MOSES entered a plea of guilty to one count of distribution of crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of Winchester Avenue Elementary School in Martinsburg, West Virginia. MOSES, who is in custody pending sentencing, faces a maximum exposure of 1 to 40 years imprisonment and a fine of $2,000,000.

This 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.