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‘I’m very sorry…’: Newport man receives prison sentence for fatal auto accident
MARIETTA — A sentencing hearing was held Friday for a Newport man who drove under the influence with a suspended or canceled license in 2022 and caused an accident that killed a New Martinsville man. Richard W. Evans, 61, was sentenced to four to six years during a sentencing...
West Virginia man sentenced to 188 months in prison for fentanyl trafficking
CLARKSBURG, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Price Javon Patterson, 37, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced Thursday to 188 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. The case against Patterson began when he was stopped for speeding, and officers detected the smell of marijuana coming from his vehicle. […]
Sisters Plead Guilty To Federal Narcotics Crime
CHARLESTON, W.VA.- On Wednesday, August 28, 2024, two sisters, Dawn Marie Bennett, 42, of Las Vegas, Nevada, and April Lynn McNeill, 44, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, appeared in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia and each pleaded guilty Aiding and Abetting the Use of a Communication Facility to Facilitate Drug Trafficking.
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