Martinsburg man sentenced to more than 20 years for heroin distribution

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Martinsburg man sentenced to more than 20 years for heroin distribution

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Dec. 4, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven Jonathan Blunt, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced Monday to 250 months incarceration for distributing heroin, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Blunt, age 43, pled guilty to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute more than 100 grams of Heroin" in May 2018. Blunt admitted to distributing heroin in September 2017 in Berkeley County.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Lydia Lehman, also with the Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & 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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