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Wheeling man sentenced for distributing methamphetamine

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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Randy Lee Donahue, Jr., of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 57 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Donahue, age 38, pled guilty to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location” in May 2019. Donahue admitted to distributing methamphetamine from an apartment located at 97 16th Street in Wheeling, within 1,000 feet of Wheeling Central Catholic High School in November 2018. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen L. Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the West Virginia State Police; and the Ohio Valley Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

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

Updated July 15, 2019
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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