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Wheeling Man Sentenced For Sale Of Cocaine, Painkillers

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


1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 234-0100 ● Contact: Tara Tighe, Public Affairs Specialist

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Adam W. Barnes, 40, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for his role in a painkiller and cocaine distribution ring, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.

Barnes pled guilty in September 2014 to one count of “Conspiracy to Use a Telephone System to Facilitate the Distribution of Controlled Substances” after an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Ohio Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parr prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

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

Updated January 7, 2015
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