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Berkeley County man admits to fentanyl distribution

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Bradley Markley, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Markley, age 32, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Fentanyl and Acetyl Fentanyl.” Markley admitted to distributing the drugs in October 2016 in Berkeley County.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anna Z. Krasinski and Lara K. Omps-Botteicher are prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated. 

U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Trumble presided.
 

Updated March 16, 2018
Topics
Drug Trafficking
Opioids
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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