Wheeling Man Sentenced In Painkiller Distribution Ring

Wheeling Man Sentenced In Painkiller Distribution Ring

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Dec. 4, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

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WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven L. Namack, 65, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for selling oxycodone as part of a prescription painkiller and cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.

During an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Ohio Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, Namack was discovered in May 2013 selling oxycodone pills. He pled guilty in September 2014 to one count of “Distribution of Oxycodone."

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

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

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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