Randolph County man sentenced for methamphetamine charge

Randolph County man sentenced for methamphetamine charge

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on March 10. It is reproduced in full below.

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Billy Ray Shamblin, II, of Elkins, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Shamblin, 37, pleaded guilty in September 2021 to one count of “Distribution of Methamphetamine." Shamblin admitted to selling methamphetamine, also known as “crystal meth" and “ice," in February 2020 in Randolph County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mountain Region Drug Task Force 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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