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Pittsburgh man sentenced for selling heroin

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Christopher A. Cobbs, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 12 months incarceration for selling heroin, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Cobbs, also known as “Bro-Bro,” age 25, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Heroin” in June 2018. Cobbs admitted to selling heroin in July 2015 in Harrison County. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn M. Adkins prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Greater Harrison Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated. 
 
Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.

Updated November 1, 2018
Topics
Drug Trafficking
Opioids
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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