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Federal Tipoffs Involving West Virginia Newsletter for Tuesday April 16, 2024 ( 2 items )  

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia: Ohio County Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking
WHEELING, West Virginia, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Devon Alexander Bertram, age 34, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for selling cocaine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Bertram sold cocaine base to a confidential informant near a business on Wheeling Island. Bertram will also be required to report for three years of supervised rele  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Two More Defendants Plead Guilty to Roles in Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Today, Charles Clinton Cordle, 65, of Ashland, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and Josie Irene Copley, 58, of Flatwoods, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl. Both admitted to their roles in a drug trafficking organization  more