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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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.
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Shawn R. Blankenship, a nurse practitioner from Winfield, has entered a guilty plea to four counts of health care fraud.
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Charles Ray Mackey, a 43-year-old resident of Parkersburg, West Virginia, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.
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Catra Nelson, a 48-year-old resident of Zanesville, Ohio, has entered a guilty plea for his involvement in federal drug crimes.
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Theodore Miller, known as the "Wolf of West Virginia," has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in Charleston.
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Jason Lorel Minter, a 43-year-old resident of Charleston, has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges.
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Michael Allen Kenney, a 54-year-old resident of Hamlin, West Virginia, has been sentenced to six years and eight months in federal prison.
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Edward Keith Perkins, a 31-year-old from Detroit, Michigan, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for attempting to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
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Clarence Montana Walls, a 39-year-old resident of Huntington, has been sentenced to four years in prison for distributing methamphetamine.