Marshall County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Canestraro announces that on Thursday October 15, 2026, Gage Adams, 29 years old of Moundsville, West Virginia entered a plea of guilty in the Circuit Court of Marshall County, West Virginia for the felony offense of Possession With Intent to Deliver Fentanyl.
The investigation stemmed from an incident on February 10, 2026, in which Moundsville Police Department and the Marshall County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant after learning that Adams and other had returned from a trip to Pittsburgh with amounts of fentanyl.
Adams was sentenced to the custody of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation for an indeterminate term of imprisonment of not less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15) years.
Prosecutor Canestraro would like to thank the Marshall County Drug Task Force and the Moundsville Police Department for their investigation into this matter. Prosecutor Canestraro states, “Those bringing fentanyl into Marshall County and/or selling Fentanyl will face the maximum sentence of incarceration allowed by law. Fentanyl and methamphetamine continue a grip on a percentage of our citizens and bringing it in from out of state to poison our residents will result in a prison term.”
The case was prosecuted by Marshall County Assistant Prosecutor Herman D. Lantz for the State of West Virginia.
