Upshur County woman sentenced for role in a methamphetamine distribution operation

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ELKINS, W.Va. – Angela Dawn White, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation for her participation in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.

White, 48, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Methamphetamine” in November 2017. White admitted to distributing methamphetamine in Upshur County in March 2017.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives, The Mountain Region Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, the Greater Harrison Drug &Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, the West Virginia State Police, Upshur County Sheriff’s Office, Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, the Buckhannon Police Department, and the Weston Police Department investigated. 

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

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