Two Marshall County residents and an Ohio man indicted on cocaine distribution charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Two Marshall County residents and an Ohio man are named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Wheeling, West Virginia on June 6, 2017, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Sodonna M. Nuce, age 39, of Moundsville, West Virginia was charged with one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Cocaine Base” and three counts of “Distribution of Cocaine Base.”  

Edward L. Haynes, age 44, of South Euclid, Ohio is charged with one count of “Conspiracy to Possess With Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Cocaine Base” and one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base.”  

Justin L. Nash, age 32, of Moundsville, West Virginia is charged with one count of “Conspiracy to Possess With Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Cocaine Base,” one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base,” and one count of “Possess With Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base.”

The crimes are alleged to have occurred from October 2015 to June 2017 in Marshall County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert H. McWilliams, Jr. is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Marshall County Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, is investigating. 

An indictment is merely an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.