Ohio woman sentenced for trafficking heroin

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Ohio woman sentenced for trafficking heroin

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Nov. 14, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michelle Green, of East Liverpool, Ohio, was sentenced today to 46 months incarceration for heroin distribution, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.

Green, age 48, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Heroin within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location" in August 2017. Green admitted to distributing heroin near Allison Elementary School in Hancock County. The crime occurred in March 2017.

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

Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., presided.

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

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