PILL DEALER PLEA Woman Pleads Guilty To Selling Hundreds Of Pills In Huntington
Reported by: Tiersa Davis
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Mar. 12, 2013 12:25 PM EDT
Updated: Mar. 12, 2013 2:26 PM EDT
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Huntington
, Cabell County
, West Virginia
A woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to selling hundreds of pills in Huntington.
Shena Rena Turner, 26, of Huntington pleaded guilty on Monday to distributing oxycodone, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin's Office.
From the summer of 2012 to November 2012, Turner said she sold 300 oxycodone pills, the release said. She arranged to sell 100 pills to a informant working under the Drug Enforcement Administration, the release said. Turner also admitted to receiving 77 oxycodone pills and intended to sell them to the informant for $2,800.
Turner was arrested Feb. 4. She faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine when she is sentenced in June.
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