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Monongalia County man sentenced for oxycodone distribution

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Shawn Collins, 44, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today in federal court to 37 months incarceration for the distribution of oxycodone, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced. 

Collins admitted that he sold oxycodone in Monongalia County in April 2015. He pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Oxycodone” on October 4, 2016.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the West Virginia State Police investigated. 

U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided. 

Updated March 24, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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