Press Release
Martins Ferry, Ohio man convicted of cocaine trafficking
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Shanwdale Saunders, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, was sentenced today to 168 months incarceration for cocaine trafficking, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
Shawndale Saunders, age 34, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute 280 Grams or More of Cocaine Base” in June 2017. Throughout April and May 2016, Saunders admitted to conspiring with other individuals to transport cocaine across state lines from Ohio into West Virginia in order to possess and sell the drug in Ohio County, West Virginia.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen L. Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Martins Ferry, Ohio Police Department investigated.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.
Updated September 27, 2017
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Drug Trafficking
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