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Date: 11-13-2020
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Case Number: 3:20-cr-00023-GMG-RWT
Judge: Robert W. Trumble
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia (Berkeley County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Description: Martinsberg, West Virginia drug conspiracy criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs in several states.
Kaleah Scott, of Winchester, Virginia, has admitted to her role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Scott, 40, pled guilty today to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Heroin and Fentanyl.” Scott admitted to working with others to distribute heroin, fentanyl from June to November 2019 in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties and elsewhere.
Scott faces up to 20 years of incarceration and a fine of up to $1,000,000. 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.
This case is the result of investigations supported by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) under the Attorney General-led Synthetic Opioid Surge (SOS)/Special Operations Division (SOD) Project Clean Sweep. This initiative seeks to reduce the supply of synthetic opioids in “hot spot” areas previously identified by the Attorney General of the United States, thereby reducing drug overdoses and drug overdose deaths, and identify wholesale distribution networks and sources of supply operating nationally and internationally.
OCDETF was established in 1982 to conduct comprehensive, multilevel attacks on major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and is the keystone of the Department of Justice’s drug reduction strategy. Today, OCDETF combines the resources and expertise of its member federal agencies in cooperation with state and local law enforcement. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking organizations, transnational criminal organizations, and money laundering organizations that present a significant threat to the public safety, economic, or national security of the United States.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Lydia Lehman, also with the Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, are prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The FBI; Homeland Security Investigations; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives; and the Eastern Panhandle Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.
CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
(2)
RACKETEERING - TRANSPORTING IN AID OF
(19)
Outcome: 11/12/2020 124 Clerk's WITNESS LIST as to Kaleah Scott re: change of plea hearing held 11/12/20. (njz) (Entered: 11/12/2020)
11/12/2020 125 MINUTE ENTRY:
***NOTICE*** THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. IT IS FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Trumble as to Kaleah Scott. Change of Plea Hearing held on 11/12/2020. Plea entered by Kaleah Scott (5) Guilty Count 2. (Court Reporter dig recorded.) (njz) (Entered: 11/12/2020)
11/12/2020 126 WAIVER OF ARTICLE III JUDGE AND CONSENT TO ENTER GUILTY PLEA BEFORE THE US MAGISTRATE JUDGE by Kaleah Scott (5). (cwm) (Entered: 11/12/2020)
11/12/2020 127 PLEA AGREEMENT as to Kaleah Scott (5). (cwm) (Entered: 11/12/2020)
11/12/2020 128 CHANGE OF PLEA ORDER as to Kaleah Scott (5). Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert W. Trumble on 11/12/2020. (cwm) Copy to USMS and USPO. (Entered: 11/12/2020)
11/12/2020 Terminate Deadlines and Hearings as to Kaleah Scott: (njz) (Entered: 11/12/2020)
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