Wheeling man sentenced to 151 months for cocaine trafficking

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Dondie Williams, 36, of Wheeling, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Williams was discovered in possession of cocaine base in late 2014 in Ohio County, West Virginia. He was charged with one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base.” He pled guilty in January 2016 to a lesser included offense of the aforementioned charge.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. presided.