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Lewis County man sentenced for drug charge

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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Shawn Andrew Hunt, of Weston, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Hunt, age 27, pled guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine” in December 2019. Hunt admitted to distributing methamphetamine in Marshall County in February 2019. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Danae DeMasi-Lemon prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Moundsville Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Updated January 31, 2020
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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