Randolph County Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Charge

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Donald Ray Cantrell, Jr., 48, of Mill Creek, West Virginia, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Cantrell was on supervised release after serving time for a drug charge. U.S. Probation officers searched Cantrell’s home during a visit, found a firearm, and arrested him. While incarcerated, Cantrell was recorded on a jail call, asking someone to hide his methamphetamine and cash in his house. Investigators searched Cantrell’s home and seized 220 grams of methamphetamine and $18,219.

Cantrell will serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence.

The Mountain Region Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the West Virginia State Police investigated.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.

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