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Berkeley County man sentenced for drug charge

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Caleb Sinclair, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to time served for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Sinclair, 35, pleaded guilty in November 2021 to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl and Heroin and Cocaine Base.” Sinclair admitted to working with others to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine hydrochloride from August 2020 to June 2021 in Berkeley County and elsewhere.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lara Omps-Botteicher and Timothy D. Helman prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

 

Updated March 29, 2022
Topics
Drug Trafficking
Opioids
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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