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November 30, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Clarksburg Resident Enters Plea to Distribution of Heroin within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A 23-year old Clarksburg resident entered a plea of guilty on November 29, 2012, in United States District Court in Clarksburg before Magistrate Judge John S. Kaull.

United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced that: MARK WAYNE LUNDELL a/k/a “BREEZY” entered a plea of guilty to “Distribution of Heroin within 1,000
Feet of Northview Elementary School on June 5, 2012. LUNDELL, who is free on bond pending sentencing, faces up to 40 years imprisonment and a fine of $2,000,000. As part of his plea, LUNDELL will forfeit his interest in $1,675 seized during the execution of a search warrant at his residence and which constitutes proceeds from the drug activity.

The case was prosecuted by Criminal Chief Shawn A. Morgan and investigated by the Harrison County Drug Task Force consisting of officers from the Clarksburg Police Department, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department and the Bridgeport Police Department.