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Michigan man sentenced for oxycodone distribution

CLARKSBURG — Sean Miller Phillips Jr., of Eastpointe, Michigan, was sentenced April 1 to 18 months incarceration for oxycodone distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Phillips, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting distribution of oxycodone in November 2018. Phillips admitted to selling oxycodone in March 2017 in Monongalia County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mon Valley Drug and Violent Crime Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.