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Monongalia County man sentenced for cocaine trafficking

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Larry Taylor, 71, of Osage, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Taylor sold cocaine in Monongalia County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in January 2015 to one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Hydrochloride.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated.

U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.

Updated January 15, 2016
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