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Maryland man sentenced for drug charge

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Damieon Lamont Ray, of Middle River, Maryland, was sentenced today to 36 months incarceration for distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Ray, 28, pleaded guilty in May 2022 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl.” Ray admitted to distributing fentanyl in Hampshire County in June of 2020.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Potomac Highlands Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

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

Updated September 14, 2022
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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