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Pittsburgh woman found guilty of selling heroin and fentanyl in West Virginia

Pittsburgh woman convicted of selling drugs in West Virginia


Pittsburgh woman convicted of selling drugs in West Virginia

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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (KDKA) – A Pittsburgh woman is now facing prison time after a jury in West Virginia found her guilty of selling hard drugs.

The jury found 35-year-old Jalisa Hawkins of Duquesne guilty of selling heroin and fentanyl in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Hawkins was stopped by police after investigators said they saw her at a home they were monitoring as part of a drug operation.

At that time, investigators said they found drugs in her car.

She now faces up to 20 years in federal prison.

Hawkins will be sentenced at a later date.

Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. Patrick is a Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV. He studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communications, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working as a journalist in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.

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