Southern District of West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A woman from Fayette County pleaded guilty today to an offense related to sex trafficking a 17-year-old minor female.  Kristen Naylor-Legg, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston couple was sentenced today for federal gun and drug crimes. Larry James Williams, 66, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for being a felon in possession…

BECKLEY, W.Va. – A Virginia man was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for attempted sex trafficking of a minor. According to court documents, Jamie Otis Southern, 50, of Tazewell…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to defrauding a financial institution by making false statements on a loan application. According to court documents and statements made in court, Jonathan…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A California man was sentenced to 132 months in prison for a federal drug crime. Troyvon Lewis, also known as “B.C.,” 32, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to conspiracy…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston man was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for a federal gun crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, Antoine Miller, 37, of…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –  Shaun Price, 41, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to 123 months in prison for federal drug and gun crimes. Price previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Rebecca Dunlap, 46, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to traveling in interstate commerce to promote, carry on, and facilitate a methamphetamine and fentanyl drug conspiracy. According to court documents,…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Jaquan Jeremiah Wright, 22, of New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for a federal gun crime.  Wright previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Detroit, Michigan man pleaded guilty yesterday to federal drug crimes.   According to court documents, Durran Merille Garland, 28, sold an ounce of cocaine to a confidential informant…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Logan County man was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Terrindez Xsidrick Bryant, 37, sold approximately 25.5 grams…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston man pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl. According to court documents, Brian Vineyard, 49, sold approximately 3.5 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant in exchange for $450…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man, Aubrey Gardner, 28, was sentenced today to total of 40 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for committing the…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for a gun crime. Tyson Davis, Sr., 42, previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to a federal methamphetamine charge. According to court documents, the Parkersburg Police Department stopped Justin Andrew Beardsley, 33, on Lynne Street in Parkersburg…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – An Illinois man was sentenced today to 10 months in federal prison for sending a threatening message through social media to a West Virginia law enforcement officer. According to…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Jackson County man was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.  According to court documents and statements made…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Boone County man was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for distributing opioids. The five-year sentence was a significant upward departure from the U.S. Sentencing Guideline…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man with three previous felony convictions was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison today for being a felon in possession of firearms. According to the plea…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –  A Huntington man who was caught with fentanyl earlier this year pleaded guilty to a federal drug crime. James Lennon Pace, 32, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute…

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Beckley was sentenced today for possessing a weapon at the correctional facility. Elijio Perez, 30, of Texas, was sentenced to…

CHARLESTON – One of the 15 individuals charged as part of the long-term investigation dubbed the “Woo Boyz” pleaded guilty to a federal gun crime.  Memphis Ross, 20, of Charleston, pleaded guilty…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to federal firearm and drug charges. According to court documents and statements made in court, officers with the Parkersburg Police Department arrested Jonathan…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Ronald Pleasant, 26, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty to distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Pleasant sold two ounces of methamphetamine to a…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Columbus, Ohio man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Rashawn Akmed Miller, 37, was one of 14 defendants charged as a…