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Lewis County man sentenced to nearly 10 years for drug charge

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

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Clarence Russell Foster, III, of Jane Lew, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 112 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Foster, age 42, pled guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine” in May 2019. Foster admitted to distributing methamphetamine in May 2018 in Lewis County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The United States Marshal Service and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

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

Updated November 14, 2019
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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