CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: Thomas Matthew Blankenship, 39, of Akron, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and a quantity of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 10, 2022, law enforceme  more