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Lewis County man sentenced to nearly 18 years for drug distribution

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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Trenton Farnsworth, of Weston, West Virginia, was sentenced this week to 215 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Farnsworth, age 30, pled guilty to one count of “Possession With the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine” in December 2018. Farnsworth admitted to possessing more than five grams of methamphetamine in Barbour County in April 2018. 

Farnsworth was also ordered to forfeit $5,997.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Traci M. Cook prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration; and the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Updated May 3, 2019
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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