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Harrison County man sentenced for cocaine distribution

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Ruben L. Aguilar, 29, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for cocaine distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Aguilar pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base” in February 2017. Aguilar distributed cocaine in Harrison County in March 2016.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Traci M. Cook prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Greater Harrison Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated. 

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

Updated July 7, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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