Travis Jackson Latta, a 38-year-old resident of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 235 months in federal prison after being convicted on charges related to drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession.
Court records show that law enforcement encountered Latta while responding to a domestic violence incident. During the response, officers found Latta with a firearm. Due to previous convictions for kidnapping, strangulation, brandishing, attempted murder, domestic battery and assault, and unlawful restraint, Latta was prohibited from possessing firearms.
In a separate investigation, authorities discovered that Latta was in possession of eutylone—also known as “Boot”—with the intent to distribute it unlawfully.
Following his prison term, Latta will be subject to 15 years of supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case for the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Eastern Panhandle Drug Task Force (a HIDTA-funded initiative); and the Martinsburg Police Department conducted the investigation. U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided over the proceedings.
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