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Virginia man sentenced for drug trafficking

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Damanya Terelle Carter, of Front Royal, Virginia, was sentenced to 12 months of incarceration for his role in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Carter, 38, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Cocaine Hydrochloride” in September 2020. Carter admitted to working with others to distribute cocaine hydrochloride in Jefferson County and elsewhere from February to March 2019.

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

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

Updated January 11, 2021
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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