CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Adam Bradford Linch, 35, of Anmoore, West Virginia, was convicted of heroin trafficking and unlawful possession of a firearm today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Linch sold heroin in August 2014 in Harrison County, West Virginia. He pled guilty today to one count of “Distribution of Heroin." He faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000,000. The West Virginia State Police and the Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.
In a separate matter, Linch was discovered in unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Linch was previously convicted of the misdemeanor offense of “Domestic Battery" in February 2010 in the Magistrate Court of Harrison County, West Virginia. As a result of that conviction, he is prohibited from possessing firearms. He was discovered in unlawful possession of a.45 caliber pistol and ammunition in March 2015 in Harrison County, West Virginia. He pled guilty today to “Possession of a Firearm by a Person Convicted of a Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence." He faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. The Clarksburg, West Virginia Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated.
Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Cogar prosecuted the heroin trafficking offense and Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Adkins prosecuted the firearms offense on behalf of the government.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael John Aloi presided in both proceedings.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
