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Ohio man sentenced for cocaine distribution

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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Edward L. Haynes, Jr., of South Euclid, was sentenced today to 100 months incarceration for cocaine distribution, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.

Haynes, age 44, pled guilty to “Distribution of Cocaine Base” in August 2017. Haynes admitted to selling cocaine on April 1, 2017 in Marshall County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert H. McWilliams, Jr. prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Marshall County Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated. 

Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. presided.

Updated October 16, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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