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Jefferson County man sentenced for drug distribution charge

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Blake Ramsey Viands, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months incarceration for distributing heroin, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Viands, age 25, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of a Heroin” in September 2017. Viands admitted to distributing heroin in November 2016 in Jefferson County, West Virginia.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Drug Enforcement Agency and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office investigated. 

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

Updated January 23, 2018
Topics
Drug Trafficking
Opioids
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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