Eight individuals appeared before
Chief Judge John Preston Bailey for sentencing on Wednesday.
Ricky Lee Townsend, 53, of Coxs
Mills, was sentenced to 100 months in prison and three years of supervised
release for possession of materials used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
The Court ordered that Townsend’s
sentence run concurrent with the Gilmer
County
This case was investigated by the
West Virginia State Police.
Barbara Ann Spiva, 48, of Elkins,
was sentenced to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release for
maintaining a drug-involved premise in Randolph County
This case was investigated by the
Randolph County Sheriff’s Department and the West Virginia State Police.
The TOWNSEND and SPIVA cases were
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner.
Chad Frederick Arbogast, 35, of
Belington, was sentenced to 46 months in prison and three years of supervised
release for the distribution of oxycodone on July 8, 2013.
Arbogast is free on bond and will
self-report to the designated Federal institution on July 15, 2014.
Jonathan Scott Healy, 30, of
Elkins, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and one year of supervised release
for the use of a communication device to facilitate a drug felony.
The Court ordered Healy’s sentence
run consecutive to a state sentence he is currently servicing for 3rd degree
shoplifting. He was remanded to state custody.
Keith Allen Poteete, 48, of Elkins,
was sentenced to 24 months in prison and four years of supervised release for
the distribution of buprenorphine within 1,000 feet of the Davis Street Park
Playground.
Poteete, who is free on bond, will
self-report to the designated Federal institution on July 15, 2014.
Charles Jacob Freeman, 26, of Beverly
Freeman, free on bond, will
self-report to the designated Federal institution on July 15, 2014.
Kenneth Franklin Pudder, 32, of
Elkins, was sentenced to three years of probation for maintaining a
drug-involved premise for the purpose of unlawfully storing and distributing
buprenorphine.
These cases were prosecuted by
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shawn A. Morgan and Stephen D. Warner and were the
result of the work of the Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crime Task Force,
consisting of officers from the West Virginia State Police-Bureau of Criminal
Investigations, U.S. Forest Service, Randolph County Sheriff’s Department,
Tucker County Sheriff’s Department and the DEA, assisted by the DEA Tactical
Diversion Squad.
Ronald Snyder, 39, of Buckhannon,
was sentenced to 24 months in prison and five years of supervised release for
failure to update his sex offender registration.
The Court ordered Snyder’s sentence
be served consecutively with the state sentence he is currently serving for the
delivery of marijuana. He was remanded to state custody.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Morgan and
investigated by the United
States
