CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: United States Attorney Will Thompson presented the 2024 Excellence in Victim Advocacy and Justice Awards today during the Opening Ceremony for the 23rd Annual Operation Reach Out at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse. Operation Reach Out recognizes crime victims and those who serve them, and is sponsored by the U.S. Attorney's Of  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: Mariah Diane Keffer, 26, of Beckley, was sentenced today to one year in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 12, 2022, Keffer sold approximately 60 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant a  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: A West Virginia doctor was found guilty today by a jury for the unlawful distribution of controlled substances and for destroying evidence of his crimes. David Elwood Hess, 60, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was convicted of four counts of improper prescribing and one count of destroying records in a federal investigation. The jur  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Twelve people from Ohio and West Virginia have been charged with distributing cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl. United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced that ten individuals from the Greater Cleveland area plus two more from the Ohio Valley have been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges. The cases were investigated by multi-j  more