Press Release
Columbus man sentenced for methamphetamine charge
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Devante Crutez Taylor, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today to 84 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Taylor, 29, pleaded guilty in September 2021 to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine.” Taylor admitted to having 50 grams or more of methamphetamine in August 2019 in Ohio County.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn M. Adkins prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Wheeling Police Department investigated.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.
Updated January 26, 2022
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Drug Trafficking
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