Brooke County man sentenced for methamphetamine distribution

Brooke County man sentenced for methamphetamine distribution

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on June 28, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles A. Marker, 40, of Wellsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced to 120 months in prison today for distribution of methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Marker previously pled guilty in February 2016 to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Methamphetamine."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen L. Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Hancock, Brooke, Weirton Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

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

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