Date: 01-26-2016

Case Style: United States of America v. Vincent Paul Gibson

Case Number: 2:14-cr-00029-JPB-MJA

Judge: Preston Bailey

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Plaintiff's Attorney: Stephen Warner

Defendant's Attorney: Katy J. Cimino - FPD

Description: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Two sentenced for drug trafficking

Two individuals were sentenced in federal court today for drug trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Vincent Paul Gibson, 29, of Coalton, West Virginia, was discovered in Randolph County, West Virginia, in possession of materials commonly used to manufacture methamphetamine. Those materials included plastic bottles, batteries, rubber tubing, empty packages of medication containing pseudoephedrine, coffee filters, drain cleaner, mason jars, and instant ice compresses. Following an investigation by the Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, he pled guilty in August 2015 to one count of “Possession of Material used in the Manufacture of Methamphetamine.” He was sentenced today to 48 months in prison.

Santos Macedoni Barragan, 31, of Moorefield, West Virginia, sold cocaine near an elementary and secondary school in Hardy County, West Virginia. Following an investigation by the Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, he pled guilty in September 2015 to one count of “Distribution of Cocaine within 1,000 Feet of a School.” He was sentenced today to 12 months in prison.

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