Jefferson County man sentenced for cocaine charges

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Jefferson County man sentenced for cocaine charges

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Jan. 22, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ricardo Lewis, Jr., aka BOLO, of Ranson, West Virginia was sentenced today to five years probation for distributing cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Lewis, age 34, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substance" in September 2017. The crime occurred from August 2015 to July 2016 in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul T. Camilletti 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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