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Cleveland man sentenced for drug distribution

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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA –Dennis D. Chapman, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for distributing cocaine near an Ohio County playground, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Chapman, also known as “Kobe,” age 26, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base Within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location” in October 2018. He admitted to selling cocaine near Pulaski Playground in Ohio County, West Virginia, in January 2018.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven L. Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.
 
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Updated February 6, 2019
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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