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Jefferson County man sentenced for cocaine charge

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Joroy Nigel Twyman, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for distributing cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Twyman, age 40, pled guilty to one count of “Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base” in August 2019. Twyman admitted to distributing cocaine base in April 2017 in Jefferson County.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Lydia Lehman, also with the Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated. 

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

Updated November 19, 2019
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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