U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia
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Fred Bolden, a 61-year-old resident of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted in federal court to failing to update his sex offender registration after moving from Ohio to West Virginia in 2023.
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Chisom Okonkwo, a 29-year-old resident of Lawrenceville, Georgia, has been sentenced to seven months in prison for her role in a wire fraud scheme involving more than $1 million.
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A Harrison County physician has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after being convicted of improperly prescribing Adderall and destroying evidence during a federal investigation.
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Frank L. Morrison, a 59-year-old resident of Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison following his conviction for robbing a bank in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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Vincent Irving Jones, a 34-year-old resident of Fairmont, West Virginia, received a sentence of 151 months in federal prison following convictions related to methamphetamine possession and firearm offenses.
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Joshua Carney, a 32-year-old resident of Wheeling, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to multiple federal drug charges.
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Two individuals have admitted their involvement in a drug distribution operation that moved fentanyl from Chicago, Illinois, to Weirton, West Virginia.
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Over the past year, drug task forces in the Northern District of West Virginia have seized significant quantities of illegal drugs, including more than 27 kilograms of fentanyl, 22 kilograms of methamphetamine, and 13 kilograms of cocaine.
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James Mansfield Davis, a 68-year-old resident of Morgantown, West Virginia, has been sentenced to an additional 12 months in prison after failing to surrender for a previous federal sentence.
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LaShawn Monroe, a 30-year-old resident of Morgantown, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
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William Joseph Russell, 51, from Clarksburg, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl and p-Fluorofentanyl in Harrison County.
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Tomez Faulkner, a 38-year-old resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm.
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A former correctional officer at the Federal Corrections Institution Gilmer has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from inmates in exchange for smuggling contraband into the facility.
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Chad William Mullooly, a 40-year-old resident of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to distributing p-Fluorofentanyl.
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A Martinsburg resident has admitted involvement in a drug trafficking organization that distributed significant amounts of fentanyl in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
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Joel Galen Patton, a 40-year-old resident of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.
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Travis Jackson Latta, a 38-year-old resident of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 235 months in federal prison after being convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute eutylone.
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A federal jury in Wheeling, West Virginia has convicted Joseph William Alfred, also known as “Chris,” of multiple drug and firearms offenses.
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A former teacher at the Federal Corrections Institution (FCI) Gilmer has admitted to smuggling methamphetamine and other contraband into the prison for an inmate.
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Two individuals have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a drug trafficking organization operating in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle.