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Marion County man sentenced for role in cocaine and heroin distribution

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Andrew Parker, of Mannington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation, with the first 180 days on home confinement, for his involvement in a cocaine and heroin distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
 
Parker, age 31, pled guilty to one count of “Aiding and Abetting in the Distribution of Cocaine Base” in September 2019. Parker admitted to selling cocaine base, also known as “crack,” in April 2018 in Monongalia County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the West Virginia State Police investigated.

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

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

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