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Virginia man sentenced for drug charge

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Terry William Jimenez Morales, of Strasburg, Virginia, was sentenced today to time served for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Morales, 26, pleaded guilty in July 2021 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Hydrochloride.” Morales admitted to having more than 85 grams of cocaine hydrochloride in March 2019 in Jefferson County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Ranson Police Department investigated. 

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

Updated January 10, 2022
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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