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Berkeley County man sentenced to more than 12 years for selling heroin

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - DeMarco Davis, Jr., also known as “Tipp,” of Inwood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months incarceration for a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Davis, age 36, pled guilty to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin” in March 2018.  Davis admitted to selling heroin in January 2017 in Berkeley County.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Lydia Lehman, also with the Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office investigated. 
 
Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

Updated June 18, 2018
Topics
Drug Trafficking
Opioids
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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