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Martinsburg man sentenced for cocaine distribution

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Keon DeAngelo Parker, of Martinsburg, West Virginia was sentenced today to 46 months incarceration for cocaine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Parker, age 25, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base Within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location” in September 2017. Parker admitted to distributing cocaine near Berkeley Heights Elementary School in Berkeley County on December 21, 2015.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

Updated January 23, 2018
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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