Eugene Cobbs pleaded innocent Tuesday

Eugene Cobbs pleaded innocent Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge James Siebert at the U.S. District Court in Wheeling.Cobbs had been a fugitive after a plane crash near the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport on Dec. 18, 2004.Federal authorities said the Piper Aerostar twin-engine plane was loaded with 520 pounds of cocaine worth $24 million.Last month, Cobbs was arrested in Guadalajara, Mexico and returned to the U.S.If convicted, Cobbs faces up to 25 years in prison and more than $8 million in fines.

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