U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
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Two Wayne County men have admitted guilt and received sentencing for their involvement in the removal of timber from public land.
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Antwaun Winbush, a resident of Charleston, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a substantial quantity of methamphetamine.
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Ampless Ray Lilly, aged 52 from Huntington, has been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release.
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Michael David Barker, a former maintenance director for Boone County Schools, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
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Robert Lee Glover, known as "Chopz," has entered a guilty plea in Huntington, West Virginia, to charges of fentanyl distribution.
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Ronald Lavaughn Mason, a 46-year-old resident of Beckley, West Virginia, was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison and will serve three years of supervised release for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization.
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Bryson J. England, a 43-year-old from Oak Hill, was sentenced to two years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Charles Eugene Moore of Charleston, West Virginia, has been sentenced to three years and five months in prison, along with three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
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Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston has announced that Med-Surg Physician Group Inc., along with its owner Oluyemisi Sangodeyi, M.D., will pay $152,382.70 to settle allegations of violating the federal False Claims Act.
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Jardan Donaldson, a 34-year-old resident of Mount Clemens, Michigan, has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in West Virginia and Montana.
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Edward Leon Sowards, a Hurricane resident, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm despite his conviction for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
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Timothy Ryan Wolfe, a 39-year-old resident of Huntington, West Virginia, received a sentence of three years of federal probation, including a year of home detention, for illegally dealing in firearms.
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Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston disclosed that Thompson Construction Group Inc., based in Sumter, South Carolina, will pay $191,070 to settle claims accusing the company of violating the federal False Claims Act.
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Demetrius Terrell Burns, aged 32 from Beckley, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
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Donald Renard Taylor, a 49-year-old resident of Dunbar, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine.
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Brian Ellis Jones from Freeport, New York has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
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Gamalier Rivera, a 33-year-old resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty for his involvement in a scheme to introduce contraband into Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) McDowell using a drone.
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Ijaz Oliver, a 40-year-old from Charleston, has been sentenced to one year and six months in federal prison.
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William Powell and Jasmine Spencer have entered guilty pleas in connection with a COVID-19 fraud conspiracy involving Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) loans.
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Casey Thomas Judd, a 37-year-old resident of Charleston, West Virginia, has been sentenced to two months in prison.