Ohio man sentenced for role in drug trafficking operation

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Ohio man sentenced for role in drug trafficking operation

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on April 16, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dominique Revell Dungey, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, was sentenced yesterday to 10 months of incarceration for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.

Dungey, also known as “Murda," age 29, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base" in January 2021. Dungey admitted to selling cocaine base, also known as “crack," in May 2019 in Ohio County.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shawn M. Adkins and Clayton J. Reid prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, which includes the Drug Enforcement Administration, West Virginia State Police, Ohio County Sheriff’s Office, and the Wheeling Police Department, investigated. The U.S. Marshal Service, Columbus Police Department Gang Crimes Unit, the Martins Ferry Police Department, and the Bellaire Police Department also assisted.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Original case indictment here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/26-charged-drug-conspiracy-involving-heroin-fentanyl-crack-cocaine-and-meth-wheeling

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

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