Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Marshall County woman sentenced for drug charge

 WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Dannielle L. Young, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years of probation for a methamphetamine charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.

Young, 32, pleaded guilty in January 2021 to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Methamphetamine.” Young admitted to working with others to distribute methamphetamine from August 2019 to August 2020 in Marshall County and elsewhere.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn M. Adkins prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Marshall County Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

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