WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY Woman Pleads Guilty For Allowing Drugs To Be Stored In Her Home
Reported by: Tiersa Davis
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Oct. 12, 2012 12:42 PM EDT
Updated: Oct. 12, 2012 1:46 PM EDT
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Huntington
, Cabell County
, West Virginia
A woman pleaded guilty to maintaining a residence to store controlled substances.
Christina Dawn Walker, 29, of Huntington pleaded guilty in federal court, according to a news release from Southern District U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin’s office.
Walker acknowledged that between October 2009 and October 2011 she allowed her associate to store and sell heroin at her home in Huntington, the news release said. Walker also stated she was responsible for 27 grams of heroin, the release said.
Walker will be sentenced Jan. 22 and could face up to 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
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