MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John Sanders, 25, of Williamsport, Maryland, was convicted of heroin trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Sanders sold heroin in June 2014 near Martinsburg, West Virginia. He pled guilty today to a criminal Information charging him with one count of “Aiding and Abetting the Distribution of Heroin." As a result of his guilty plea, Sanders will be sentenced to 120 months in prison.
Sanders was charged in a one count federal indictment in April 2015. Specifically, the indictment alleged that Sanders sold heroin in June 2014 in Berkeley County, West Virginia which led to the death and serious bodily injury of another individual.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Camilletti prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Trumble presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
