Morgantown man admits to role in drug organization

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – One of 17 drug dealing suspects arrested during a September 2020 sweep by multiple agencies has entered a guilty plea in connection with his role in the enterprise. Daniel McClung, 40, of Morgantown, admitted to a single charge of maintaining a a drug-involved premises.

McClung could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison and be fined up to $500,000.

McClung was one of 17 arrested in four states following a federal probe into a well organized drug distributing operation in September of 2020. At the time, officials said the organization moved quantities heroin and cocaine base from California and Mexico to the Mon County area.