Hampshire County man sentenced for heroin distribution

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Hampshire County 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 Nov. 6, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

MARTISNBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Amos Crites, of Bloomery, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 78 months incarceration for distributing heroin, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.

Crites, age 38, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance" in June 2017. The crime took place 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 and Violent Crimes 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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