Ohio man sentenced to more than 12 years for drug charge

Ohio man sentenced to more than 12 years for drug charge

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Dec. 6. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Reuben Jahmell Dauntez Donald, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to 151 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Donald, 36, pleaded guilty in March 2022 to one count of “Distribution of Methamphetamine Within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location." Donald admitted to selling methamphetamine in October 2021 near Jensen Playground on Wheeling Island.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn M. Adkins prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug 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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