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Inmate at FCI Gilmer sentenced for attempting to obtain suboxone

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Dion Donita Turner, an inmate at FCI Gilmer in Glenville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months incarceration after admitted to attempting to possession contraband, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Turner, age 42, is pled guilty to one count of “Attempt to Obtain a Prohibited Object (Narcotic).” Turner admitted to attempting to obtain suboxone inside FCI Gilmer in April 2019.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon S. Flower prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Prisons Special Investigation Services investigated. 

U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.

Updated September 10, 2019
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USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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