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Wheeling Resident Gets Stiff Sentence for Drug Charge

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A Wheeling resident will spend the next 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to maintaining a residence to distribute prescription drugs.

Authorities said Tracy McWhorter,32 entered the guilty plea to one count of maintaining a drug involved premise in Wheeling from Dec.2,2011 to March 30, 2012, to distribute oxycodone and oxymorphone pills.

McWhorter faces up to 20 years behind bars and a $500,000 fine.