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Maryland man sentenced for heroin distribution

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – John Sanders, 25, of Williamsport, Maryland, was sentenced to 120 months in prison today for distribution of heroin, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Sanders sold heroin in June 2014 near Martinsburg, West Virginia that led to the death of a 29- year-old Hagerstown, Maryland man. He pled guilty in November 2015 to a criminal Information charging him with one count of “Aiding and Abetting the Distribution of Heroin.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul T. Camilletti prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

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

Updated June 20, 2016
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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