Martinsburg man sentenced for drug charge

Martinsburg man sentenced for drug charge

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on March 5, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Fenel Baptiste, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for distributing cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Baptiste, age 32, pled guilty to one count of “Possession With the Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance" in November 2017. Baptiste admitted to selling crack cocaine in Berkeley County in August 2015.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anna Z. Krasinski and Lara K. Omps-Botteicher 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 Gina M. Groh presided.

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

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