Published: December 19, 2008 11:38 pm      

Mineral County commissioners praise Sheriff’s Office for work on drug bust

KEYSER W.Va. — During a special meeting Friday, the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office was commended for its work in the arrest of six county men on federal drug charges.

“I would like to commend you and the law enforcement community for the recent drug bust that you made,” Wayne Spiggle, county commissioner, told Sheriff Gary White.

The arrests, made Tuesday morning, resulted in charges against Jack E. Amoruso, 44, of Piedmont; John E. Amoruso Jr., 27, of Keyser; David Patrick Scott, also known as “Moto,” 29, of Keyser; Barry Williams, 49, of Keyser; Daniel Paul McGreevy, 42, of Ridgeley; and Timothy Douglas Imperio, 27, of Keyser.

The arrest came from a 12-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in November for charges that included the conspiracy to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana.

The case had been investigated through the Potomac Highlands Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, which consists of officers from the FBI, West Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations, the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office and the Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, which also has officers from the state police bureau, the Martinsburg Police Department and the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department.

Craig Fraley, Mineral County Sheriff-elect, said those arrested had already posted bond to be released.

“How it usually works is they are out (of custody) before we’re done the paperwork,” Fraley said.

White told the commissioners that he would have told them of the bust ahead of time, but that it hadn’t been allowed. He said that way they could have already been prepared for the overtime of the officers who assisted in the arrests.

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