WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal court on July 2 enjoined a West Virginia company and its owner from manufacturing, distributing or selling unauthorized nicotine vaping products. In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, the government alleged that Soul Vapor LLC and the company's owner, Aurelius Jeffrey, violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) by causing tobacco   more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, July 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Jacob Glen Vance, age 34, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for possession of a machine gun and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, as a part of another investigation, West Virginia State Police searched Vance's home and storage uni  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, July 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: William Kevin Glover, 62, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced to 327 months in prison for fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking. A federal jury convicted Glover in March 2024 of seven counts of drug trafficking and one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises. According to the evidence introduced at trial, Glover was working with ot  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: Jason Todd Painter, 40, of Clendenin, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, from March 15, 2023 through June 24, 2023, Painter received 11 packages containing methamphetamine sent by a co-conspirator from New York to Painter's resid  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: Dailen Isaiah Defoe, 21, of Princeton, was sentenced today to nine years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 8, 2022, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a Bluefield residence where Defo  more