November 30, 2012
Bath salts seller to be sentenced in April
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. -- The owner of two north-central West Virginia shops that sold illegal bath salts will be sentenced next spring.

U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley has scheduled 48-year-old Jeffrey Paglia's hearing for April 8 in Clarksburg.

Paglia faces up to 30 years in prison.

Earlier this week, he pleaded guilty to one count of drug conspiracy and one count of structuring monetary transactions to evade reporting requirements on income from his Hot Stuff and Cool Things stores in Buckhannon and Clarksburg.

Paglia could get as much as 10 years in prison and up to $500,000 in fines when sentenced on the monetary transactions charge, and up to 20 years and a fine of up to $1 million on the drug conspiracy charge.

Authorities shut down the stores this past April.

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