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Virginia man sentenced for heroin distribution

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Wilbur Reid, Jr., of Roanoke, Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months incarceration for possessing heroin, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Reid, age 42, pled guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin” in April 2017. Reid admitted to committing the crime in September 2016 in Berkeley County. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Anna Z. Krasinski prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

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

Updated August 8, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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