W.Va.
April 4, 2024

W.Va. women charged with trafficking coke, fentanyl

 

By Mac Cordell, Marysville J-T Reporter

A pair of West Virginia women could each face more than four decades in prison after allegedly attempting to traffic cocaine and fentanyl.

The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Lynn Sue Tucker and Michelle Fay Saunders, both of West Virginia.

Tucker, 56, is charged with one count each of trafficking in cocaine, falsification, possession of cocaine, tampering with evidence, trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound and possession of a fentanyl-related compound.

Saunders, 21, is charged with two counts of tampering with evidence and one count each of trafficking in cocaine, falsification, possession of cocaine, trafficking in a fentany…

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