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Shawn Lester indicted on federal drug charges

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The suspect in the Kanawha County sniper murders has been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug charges.

Shawn Lester, 37, allegedly distributed oxycodone and cocaine from at least 2005 through March 2011 near Sissonville, W.Va.

Lester faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine, if convicted.

Lester is the same man that's been charged in the 2003 sniper-style killings that terrorized the Charleston area. He's accused of killing Jeannie Patton, Okey Meadows and Gary Carrier Jr. in a series of sniper-style shootings. That trial is scheduled for the end of July.

Lester was also indicted in 2011 on two counts of illegal firearm possession.