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Michigan man sentenced for heroin trafficking

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Julian Michael-Thomas “Cain” Johnson, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 40 months incarceration for heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Thomas, age 22, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Heroin within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location” in June 2017. The crime occurred November 2016 near West Virginia University in Monongalia County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated. 
 
Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.

Updated October 13, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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