MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Robert Lee Pauley, Jr., of
Mount Storm, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution,
United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Pauley, age 40, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to
Distribute Methamphetamine.” Pauley admitted to working with others to
distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine from March 2018 to May 2018
in Mineral, Grant, and Randolph Counties.
Pauley faces not less than ten years and up to life
incarceration and a fine of up to $10,000,000. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines,
the actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of the offenses
and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher is prosecuting
the case on behalf of the government. The Federal Bureau of Investigation; the
Potomac Highlands Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded
initiative; the West Virginia State Police; and the Ravenswood Police
Department investigated.
The investigation was funded in part by the federal
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). The OCDETF
program supplies critical federal funding and coordination that allows federal
and state agencies to work together to successfully identify, investigate, and
prosecute major interstate and international drug trafficking organizations and
other criminal enterprises.
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