Detroit man sentenced for selling heroin in Monongalia Co.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Keith Antonio Cohens, 35, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for distributing heroin.

According to United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II Cohens distributed heroin in Monongalia County after he transported it from Detroit, Michigan into West Virginia. He pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Heroin,” in May 2016.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.