Cleveland man sentenced for drug charge

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Cleveland 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 June 16, 2020. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony L. Jackson, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Jackson, also known as “Rob," age 32, pled guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin and Fentanyl" in March 2020. Jackson admitted to having heroin and fentanyl in August 2017 in Hancock County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn M. Adkins prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Hancock-Brooke-Weirton Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, 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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