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Date: 04-22-2022
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Case Number: 1:21-cr-00042-JPJ-PMS
Judge: James P. Jones
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (Washington County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney: Dennis Lee and Robert Galumbeck
Description: Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine.
Law enforcement officials executed several controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Phillips in early 2021. While executing a search warrant of Ralph Allen Phillips, Jr.’s residence, federal agents found approximately one pound of methamphetamine in his bedroom safe along with nearly $40,000 in cash, some of which bore the same serial numbers as cash used during the controlled purchases. Elsewhere, agents found a loaded 9 mm handgun, several thousand dollars in additional cash, and more methamphetamine and other drug paraphernalia.
The investigation revealed that Phillips began selling multi-ounce quantities of methamphetamine in Southwest Virginia for approximately two-and-a-half years, and then escalated to trafficking over a pound of methamphetamine every two weeks.
As part of his plea agreement, Phillips is forfeiting a total of $44,550 in cash, the 9mm handgun and ammunition, as well as four motorcycles.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Virginia State Police, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, and the Abingdon Police Department investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Whit D. Pierce prosecuted the case.
Outcome: Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 210 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
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