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Braxton County man sentenced for role in a methamphetamine distribution operation

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Duncan Currie Canter, of Burnsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
 
Canter, age 26, pled guilty to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Methamphetamine in Proximity to a Protected Location” in October 2019. Canter admitted to selling methamphetamine near Glenville State College in September 2018 in Gilmer County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon S. Flower prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mountain Lakes Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force investigated. 

Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.
 

Updated August 3, 2020
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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