Southern District of West Virginia - Page 2

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Ralph Floyd Barnett, Jr., 61, of Birch River, pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime. A federal grand jury indicted Barnett in April 2021. According to statements made…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Two of the 15 individuals charged as a result of the long-term investigation dubbed the “Woo Boyz” have been sentenced to federal prison for federal drug and gun crimes.…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Cleveland, Ohio man was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for a drug crime.  James Lavan, 45, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute…

BECKLEY, W.Va. – William David Reid, 46, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of heroin. According to court documents, Reid sold a quantity of heroin to a confidential…

BECKLEY, W.Va. – Zachary Mitchem, 36, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to possession with the intent to deliver methamphetamine and heroin. According to court documents, Mitchem was found passed out in a…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Dunbar man was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison today for a federal gun crime. Corey Allen Tucker, 25, previously pleaded guilty to being…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Reese Inman, 39, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – David Wayne Watson, 37, of Dunbar, pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime.  A federal grand jury indicted Watson in August 2020. According to statements made in court,…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Johnny Ray Francis III, 20, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and using and carrying a firearm during and in…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –  A Huntington man caught with crack cocaine last year in his residence was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison.  Daniel Legette, 45, previously pleaded guilty to possession…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Rafael Starks, 36, of Michigan, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin. According to court documents and statements made in…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Two men were sentenced to federal prison today for federal gun crimes. Jalen Chapman, 28, of Charleston, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for being a felon…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Frederick Coleman, 32, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to an escape charge. Jeremy Midkiff, 39, pleaded guilty to walking away from a halfway house last year. Midkiff admitted that in October…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Charleston woman who took part in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in 2019 was sentenced today to 10 months in federal prison and four years of supervised release. …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Rebecca F. Bragg, 37, pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits. According to court documents, in June 2016, at the time of a major…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to federal firearm and drug charges. According to court documents and statements made in court, on or about December 1, 2019, Ryan Ashley…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — James Arnold Scott, 45, of Hansford, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine. According to his own statements and court documents,…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.  On February 25, 2019, Maurice Lavelle Miller, Jr., 31, sold approximately one gram of heroin to a confidential…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Detroit man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. Jaishawn Harris, 19, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, on March 11,…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –  A Charleston woman who conspired with multiple individuals to distribute methamphetamine in 2018 and 2019 was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison.  According to…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Three individuals appeared in federal court today for gun crimes.  Eddie Lee Conley, 45, of Logan County, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for being a felon…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for a federal drug crime. Aaron Howell, 46, previously pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Antoine Louis, 37, of St. Albans, was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, and eight months in prison, to…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –  Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced today that Jawed Ali Khan Sherwani, Beckley Pharmacy and Bee Well Pharmacy have agreed to pay $300,000 in civil monetary penalties to…