Hampshire County woman sentenced for heroin distribution

Hampshire County woman sentenced for heroin distribution

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Sept. 21, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Bonnie Bishop of Bloomery, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 36 months incarceration for heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Bishop, age 31, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance" in May 2017. Bishop admitted to conspiring with others to distribute heroin in Hampshire County in July 2015.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Anna Z. Krasinski prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

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

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