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Washington, D.C. man sentenced for drug charge

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Emmanuel Kwame West, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 130 months of incarceration for selling heroin and fentanyl, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

West also known as “Donte West,” 41, pleaded guilty in May 2022 to one count of “Distribution of Heroin and Fentanyl Mixture.” West admitted to selling a mixture of fentanyl and heroin in March 2021 in Berkeley County.

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

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

Updated September 14, 2022
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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