Baltimore man sentenced for drug distribution and having shank in prison

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Samuel Hogans, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 151 months incarceration for drug distribution and having a weapon, or shank, in prison, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Hogans, also known as Richard Hogans, also known as “Lex,” age 38, was sentenced to 60 months incarceration for having a weapon in prison. He was found guilty by a jury of one count of “Possessing Contraband in Prison” in December 2018. Hogans, an inmate at the Eastern Regional Jail in Berkeley County where he was being held on another federal charge, had a shank in August 2018. 

Hogans was also sentenced to 151 months, to be served concurrently with the 60-month sentence, for drug distribution. Hogans pled guilty to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Heroin” in December 2018. Hogans admitted to distributing heroin in October 2017 in Berkeley County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Finucane prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The United States Marshal Service and the West Virginia Division of Corrections investigated. 
 
Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.