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Cleveland, Ohio Man Sentenced For Selling Heroin Near Local Playground

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


1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 234-0100 ● Contact: Tara Tighe, Public Affairs Specialist

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Jewan Kyle, 26, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 44 months in prison for distributing heroin near a local playground, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

An investigation by the Ohio Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, revealed that Kyle sold heroin near Bloch Playground in Wheeling, West Virginia, in February 2013. Kyle, who has multiple prior felony drug convictions, pled guilty in October 2014 to one count of “Distribution of Heroin Within 1000’ of a Protected Location.”

United States Attorney Ihlenfeld prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp presided.

Updated January 7, 2015