Wheeling man sentenced for distributing methamphetamine

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Wheeling man sentenced for distributing methamphetamine

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on July 15, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Randy Lee Donahue, Jr., of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 57 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Donahue, age 38, pled guilty to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location" in May 2019. Donahue admitted to distributing methamphetamine from an apartment located at 97 16th Street in Wheeling, within 1,000 feet of Wheeling Central Catholic High School in November 2018.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen L. Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the West Virginia State Police; and the Ohio Valley Drug & Violent Crimes 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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