MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Karim Irvin Brooks, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to four years of probation for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Brooks, 26, pleaded guilty in November 2021 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Heroin.” Brooks admitted to working with others to sell heroin in February 2020 in Berkeley County.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the West Virginia State Police investigated.
U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.