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Pleasants County man sentenced for methamphetamine distribution

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Johnny Silvester Edgell, of St. Marys, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Edgell, age 54, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Methamphetamine” and one count of “Possession of a Firearm by an Unlawful Drug User” in September 2016. Edgell admitted to selling methamphetamine in July 2015 in Pleasants County and possessing a .22 caliber pistol and a .22 caliber revolver in August 2015 in Pleasants County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, West Virginia State Police, and the Pleasants County Sheriff’s Department investigated. 

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

Updated June 23, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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