CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Four West Virginia projects were awarded $127,490 in federal Project Safe Neighborhoods grants, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.
The funds, which are administered by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, were awarded by the U.S. Dept. of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, the news release states.
The Charleston Public Safety Council will receive $22,900, the city of Charleston $43,206, the Hope Community Development Corp. $24,000, and the Cabell County Commission $37,384.
Cross Lanes man pleads in oxycodone case
Also on Friday, a Cross Lanes man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
Phillip Craig Morgan, 28, admitted that he drove Joshua Nunley, who pleaded guilty to drug charges on Thursday, to a an undercover drug deal at a restaurant in Cross Lanes on July 1, the release states.
Morgan later told investigators that he has sold 600 OxyContin pills over a two-year period, according to the release. As part of his plea deal, he agreed to forfeit $7,000 seized from him in March, when he and another person tried to sell 100 OxyContin pills.
Morgan faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin on Dec. 4.
Cabell man pleads guilty
in heroin distribution
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