Shannon Murray, Oxycodone Sales, West Virginia 2013

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In a federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, Shannon Murray, 42, of Charleston, West Virginia was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison.

Murray previously pled guilty in August of 2014 to selling oxycodone pills to a confidential informant working with the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (“MDENT”) on February 25, 2013, at a home on Kirkwood Drive in Charleston.

Following the drug deal, Murray was arrested with another individual believed to have been the Detroit source for the pills Murray sold.

This case is being prosecuted as part of an ongoing effort led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia to combat the illicit sale and misuse of prescription drugs.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, joined by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, is committed to aggressively pursuing and shutting down illegal pill trafficking, eliminating open-air drug markets, and curtailing the spread of opiate painkillers in communities across the Southern District.

Shannon Murray, a 42-year-old man from Charleston, West Virginia, was found guilty of selling oxycodone pills.

The sentencing occurred in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, with Murray receiving a one-year and one-day prison sentence.

The crime took place on February 25, 2013, with Murray selling oxycodone pills to a confidential informant in Charleston, West Virginia.

This case is part of a larger effort to combat the illicit sale and misuse of prescription drugs in the Southern District of West Virginia.

Shannon Murray, a resident of Charleston, West Virginia, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for selling oxycodone pills.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Murray was arrested with another individual believed to have been the Detroit source for the pills Murray sold.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/charleeston-man-sentenced-selling-oxycodone