Cleveland man sentenced for heroin distribution

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Cleveland man sentenced for heroin distribution

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Feb. 24, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Terrell Allen, 33, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for distributing heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Allen sold heroin in Ohio County on June 15 and June 30, 2016. Allen pled guilty to one count of “Possession with the Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Heroin" in September 2016.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Belmont County Drug Task Force 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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