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Ohio man sentenced for heroin, crack cocaine trafficking

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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Devon J. Ball, 29, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for heroin and crack cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Throughout October and November 2014, Ball repeatedly conspired with others to possess and distribute heroin and crack cocaine in Marshall County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in May 2015 to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Heroin and Cocaine Base.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Montoro prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The West Virginia State Police investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Updated January 8, 2016
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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