22 face charges related to heroin ring
Distributed heroin across the Peninsula.
The Associated Press
WFLS News
Date published: 12/10/2009
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - Federal authorities have charged 22
people with participating in a drug ring that distributed hundreds
of grams of heroin across the Peninsula.
U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride and FBI special agent Alex J.
Turner announced Thursday's arrests after court documents were
unsealed.
All 22 defendants are charged with conspiracy to distribute 100
grams or more of heroin. The maximum penalty if convicted is 40
years in prison.
According to court records, several fatal overdoses over the
past two years were attributed to heroin distributed by the drug
ring.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Date published: 12/10/2009
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