Tag: Berkeley County

  • Barbara Gail Gooden, Bank Fraud, West Virginia 2024

    Barbara Gail Gooden, Bank Fraud, West Virginia 2024

    ⏱ 2 min read Two former employees of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office in West Virginia have been indicted for a long-running scheme to steal taxpayer funds and misappropriate conservator account assets. Barbara Gail Gooden, 60, and Lisa Lee French, 48, both of Martinsburg, allegedly conspired to defraud the office from 2007 to 2024, issuing…

  • Robert Garcia, Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2022

    Robert Garcia, Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2022

    ⏱ 3 min read A West Virginia fentanyl trafficking ring leader has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute lethal doses of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine. Delano Alan Butler, 45, admitted to organizing a crew of six individuals to sell the substances in Berkeley County. In 2022, Butler’s crew was responsible for distributing over 400 grams…