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Randolph County man sentenced to 10 years for methamphetamine and firearms charges

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

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Casey Warren Lang, of Huttonsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 121 months of incarceration for drug and firearms charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.

Lang, 30, pleaded guilty in March 2021 to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute at Least Fifty Grams of Methamphetamine” and one count of “Unlawful Possession of Firearm.” Lang, a person prohibited from having firearms because of a prior conviction, admitted to having at least 50 grams of methamphetamine and 13 firearms in June 2019 in Randolph County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Mountain Region Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, and the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.

 

Updated October 28, 2021
Topics
Drug Trafficking
Firearms Offenses
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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