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CHARLESTON A Parkersburg man prosecuted under the Project Parkersburg initiative was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison.
The prison term for Michael Rhodes, 41, will be followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Mike Stuart said.
Rhodes had pleaded guilty and admitted to distributing methamphetamine in and around Parkersburg, Sguart said.
At the sentencing hearing on Thursday, United States District Judge Irene C. Berger noted Rhodes had traveled from Parkersburg to Arizona and California in 2018 and records showed calls and money transfers from Parkersburg to Sinaloa, Mexico, Stuart said.