Heroin

The following individuals have been indicted this week by a grand jury that was seated Tuesday for the February term of Berkeley County Circuit Court. An indictment merely indicates that an individual is believed to have committed the crime. Azeez B. Banire, 21, Martins Landing, Apt. 125, Martinsburg, on counts of burglary, second-degree robbery and conspiracy. Shanz J. Campbell, 28, 364 Royal Crest Drive, Martinsburg, on two counts of delivery of cocaine and one count of conspiracy to deliver cocaine.

Police seized more than 87 grams of heroin from a vehicle that was stopped early Sunday for speeding on Interstate 81 near the Spring Mills exit, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court documents. Andre Lashun Hill, 30, and Herman Eugene Boddy Jr., 26, both of Memphis, Tenn., were being held in Eastern Regional Jail on Monday night on $250,000 bonds set by Magistrate Betty Jo Hersh, according to court and jail records. Both were men were charged with single counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession with intent to transport a controlled substance into the state and conspiracy, according to court documents.

A Hagerstown man was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Robert Joseph Zellner, 23, of 438 E. Washington St., was sentenced by Circuit Judge Donald E. Beachley to eight years in prison with five of those years suspended. Beachley ordered that Zellner be placed on probation for another three years after his release from prison. A related charge of possession of heroin was dismissed as part of the plea agreement, according to court records.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Police seized 18 straw packets of heroin and 20 oxycodone pills from a Martinsburg-area couple who were arrested Monday evening in the area of Clover Street, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records. Jessie Leigh Keesecker, 24, and Donald Leroy Telfer III, 34, both of 53 Lillian Way, were in Eastern Regional Jail on Tuesday night on counts of possession with intent to deliver heroin, conspiracy and possession with intent to deliver oxycodone, a prescribed narcotic, according to court records.

Five people, including a Hagerstown man, were charged Monday with multiple drug and other counts in what police allege was a heroin-distribution ring being operated out of a home east of Hagerstown, the Washington County Narcotics Task Force said Tuesday. Armed with a search warrant, members of the task force and the Washington County Special Response Team on Monday raided a house at 2059 Day Road that they believe was being used to distribute heroin, according to the statement of probable cause filed in Washington County District Court.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. --Police seized $4,500 worth of heroin Monday after investigating a report of possible drug activity and a suspicious person at a Martinsburg motel, West Virginia State Police Sgt. T.C. Kearns announced. Thomas Powell Dove Jr., 31, of P.O. Box 1204, Martinsburg, was charged with possession with intent to distribute heroin, fleeing on foot from an officer and two counts of possession of a controlled substance (marijuana and Alprazolam), according to court records and a news release from Kearns.

w/mugshot A Falling Waters, W.Va., man who was wanted by federal agents on a warrant for possession with intent to distribute cocaine was captured Friday in Martinsburg, the Mountain State Fugitive Task Force said. Thomas Joseph “TJ” Orr, 31, of Compton Lane in Falling Waters, was arrested on Margarets Way in Martinsburg and taken to Eastern Regional Jail, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshal's Service. The Marshal's Service said Orr was awaiting a hearing.

Officials said 11 grams of heroin were brought to Roxbury Correctional Institution on Monday, and because of the amount, it is believed the heroin was going to be distributed, according to court records. A Gywnn Oak, Md., woman admitted to bringing the contraband into the facility along Sharpsburg Pike south of Hagerstown in hopes of passing it to an inmate, Washington County District Court records show. Carla Renee Davis, 49, of 3800 Sylvan Drive, was charged with possession of contraband in a place of confinement and other charges, according to court records.

chambersburg@herald-mail.com CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The federal jury trial of two people charged in the heroin overdose death of a Chambersburg teenager last year has been postponed, an assistant U.S. attorney said. Heather Lee, 19, formerly of 21 W. Main St., Fayetteville, Pa., and James Snyder, 25, of 9 Larch Drive, Shippensburg, Pa., were scheduled to go on trial Monday, said William Behe of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Harrisburg, Pa. The new trial date is Monday, April 5, before Judge Yvette Kane of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, he said.

A Walkersville, Md., man was charged with distribution of narcotics after being accused of selling heroin to a Washington County Narcotics Task Force informant Tuesday night. Phillip Douglas Moats, 25, of 8367 Inspiration Ave., is also charged with possession of narcotics with intent to distribute, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a common nuisance to distribute narcotics, District Court records show. District Judge Mark D. Thomas raised Moats' bail from $115,000 to $150,000 at a bond review hearing Wednesday.

The pretrial hearing for a Bunker Hill, W.Va., woman accused of selling a lethal dose of heroin to a man who died at her home in March 2012 was postponed due to a question involving potential conflict of interest. Autumn T. Blaine, 38, was indicted in October on single counts of felony murder and delivery of heroin in the death of Paul Dwayne Burcham, 32, also of Bunker Hill. Defense attorney Kevin D. Mills, who has represented Blaine, told 23rd Judicial Circuit Judge Gray Silver III on Monday that additional review of the professional conduct question raised by Prosecuting Attorney Pamela Games-Neely is needed.

Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of 11 people in Martinsburg this week on drug-related charges as a result of an investigation over the past several weeks, Martinsburg Police Department announced. Those arrested were: Richard Mikel Bowers, 25, of 312 N. Maple Ave., charged with single counts of distribution of heroin and conspiracy and two counts of possession with intent to deliver heroin. Brittany Ann Ulery, 26, of 312 N. Maple Ave., charged with single counts of distribution of heroin and conspiracy to distribute heroin.

Police seized more than 87 grams of heroin from a vehicle that was stopped early Sunday for speeding on Interstate 81 near the Spring Mills exit, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court documents. Andre Lashun Hill, 30, and Herman Eugene Boddy Jr., 26, both of Memphis, Tenn., were being held in Eastern Regional Jail on Monday night on $250,000 bonds set by Magistrate Betty Jo Hersh, according to court and jail records. Both were men were charged with single counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession with intent to transport a controlled substance into the state and conspiracy, according to court documents.

A Hagerstown woman was sentenced Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court to five years in state prison for allowing her home to be used to distribute illegal drugs. Sharday Marie Powell, 21, formerly of 916 Summit Ave., Apt. F1, pleaded guilty to maintaining a common nuisance in exchange for 14 other charges being dismissed. Judge Donald E. Beachley sentenced her to 10 years in prison, suspending half the sentence. On Oct. 4, 2011, the Washington County Narcotics Task Force conducted a search of the Summit Avenue apartment where Powell, her 2-year-old son and Willie E. Chatman Jr. were living.

The state is recommending a Hagerstown man spend 15 to 20 years in state prison after he entered guilty pleas Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court to six burglaries - as well as criminal offenses committed after he posted bond on the burglary charges. Timothy Blake Miller, 21, formerly of 17548 Gay St., also pleaded guilty to a rogue and vagabond charge and entered an Alford plea to a charge of possession of heroin with intent to distribute. An Alford plea in not an admission of guilt, but is an acknowledgment that the state has enough evidence to get a conviction.

Seven people were named in three indictments returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Martinsburg last week, according to U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II. Christopher Wayne Williams, 39, of Mill Creek, W.Va., was named in a two-count indictment charging him with one count of felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of stolen firearms, according to a news release from Ihlenfeld's office. If convicted, Williams faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count.

A 37-year old Baltimore man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Martinsburg to more than 21 years in prison after admitting to dealing more heroin and crack cocaine near Winchester Avenue Elementary School. Kevin Edward Moses was sentenced to 262 months or 21 years and 10 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh, U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld's office announced Tuesday. Following his release, Moses is to be placed on supervised release for six years, according to a news release from Ihlenfeld's office.

The following individuals have been indicted this week by a grand jury that was seated Tuesday for the February term of Berkeley County Circuit Court. An indictment merely indicates that an individual is believed to have committed the crime. Azeez B. Banire, 21, Martins Landing, Apt. 125, Martinsburg, on counts of burglary, second-degree robbery and conspiracy. Shanz J. Campbell, 28, 364 Royal Crest Drive, Martinsburg, on two counts of delivery of cocaine and one count of conspiracy to deliver cocaine.

Five people, including four Hancock residents, have been charged in connection with an investigation involving the distribution of heroin and prescription medication in Hancock and the surrounding area, the Washington County Narcotics Task Force said Tuesday in a prepared release. A sixth person was charged with threatening a police informant and the informant's family in a telephone call made on the same night that one of the five was arrested. The arrests followed an investigation by Narcotics Task Force agents and the Hancock Police Department, which ran from early November to Dec. 13, according to a task force news release and documents obtained Tuesday from Washington County District Court.

Boonsboro police charged four people, including three Washington County residents, with drug possession and other counts after they were arrested Monday in a supermarket parking lot. Christopher Lee Stevens Jr., 22, of 460 Johnsville Road in Keymar, Md., was charged with one count each of theft of less than $1,000, possession of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin,...