Lewis County man sentenced to nearly 10 years for drug charge

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Lewis County man sentenced to nearly 10 years for drug charge

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Nov. 14, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Clarence Russell Foster, III, of Jane Lew, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 112 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Foster, age 42, pled guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine" in May 2019. Foster admitted to distributing methamphetamine in May 2018 in Lewis County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The United States Marshal Service and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.

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

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