ELKINS, W. Va. — An Upshur County man is facing additional prison time after pleading guilty to witness tampering.
Tobias Lynn Bennett, 41, of Buckhannon, was sentenced Wednesday to 37 months.
An investigation by the West Virginia State Police revealed that, while incarcerated at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail in Belington, Bennett discouraged two potential witnesses from testifying at a fellow inmate’s sentencing hearing.
He pleaded guilty in December to one count of Aiding and Abetting Witness Tampering.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Cogar prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
Chief U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided Wednesday.