CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Buckhannon man was sentenced to prison Monday for possessing fentanyl with the intent to deliver, stemming from an incident in Bridgeport in September 2024.

Chief Judge Christopher J. McCarthy sentenced Billy Joe Keyser, 41, to 3 to 15 years in prison, according to Harrison Assistant Prosecutor Gina Renzelli, for Prosecutor Rachel Romano.

Renzelli made no sentencing recommendation as part of a plea agreement in which Keyser admitted to the most serious of the two drug charges against him. The other count, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, was dismissed.

Keyser’s arrest followed a traffic stop on Sept. 7, 2024, on Johnson Avenue in Bridgeport. During the stop, State Police Senior Trooper Isaiah Bowman seized fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin val

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