Lewis County man sentenced for drug charge

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Lewis County 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 Jan. 31, 2020. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Shawn Andrew Hunt, of Weston, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Hunt, age 27, pled guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine" in December 2019. Hunt admitted to distributing methamphetamine in Marshall County in February 2019.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Danae DeMasi-Lemon prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Moundsville Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

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

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