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Philadelphia man sentenced for heroin distribution

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Raheem Cuffee, 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was sentenced today to 110 months in prison for heroin distribution, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Cuffee previously pled guilty to “Distribution of Heroin within 1,000 feet of a Protected Location” He admitted to selling heroin in Morgantown, West Virginia during 2014.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The West Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations investigated.

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

Updated June 23, 2016
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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