U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
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A Beckley resident, Justin Scott Keyes, 36, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
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Darrelle Davon Boynton, 40, of Huntington, has pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine.
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Ryan H. Guerrant, 34, of Beckley, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Bernabe Montalvo Salas, a 24-year-old Mexican citizen residing illegally in Charleston, West Virginia, pleaded guilty on September 10, 2025, to the charge of reentry of a removed alien.
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Anthony Broadnax, a 61-year-old resident of Beckley, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for failing to register as a sex offender after moving from Virginia to West Virginia.
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John Ladelle Puryear, 49, of Huntington, has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and crack cocaine.
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Miguel Angel Aleman-Piceno, 23, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced in Bluefield, West Virginia to three years of federal probation for conspiracy to commit the felony crime of attempting to introduce contraband into a federal prison.
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Dyson Lamont Woody Jr., also known as “DC Sosa,” 33, of Huntington, pleaded guilty to distributing a quantity of methamphetamine.
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A couple from Greenbrier County, West Virginia, have pleaded guilty to immigration-related offenses in federal court.
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Quanda Kiev Wilborne, 29, of Charleston, and Taylor Faith Walke, 23, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine in federal court.
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Tiffany Dawn Shaffer, a 36-year-old resident of Charleston, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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A Coal City resident, Jeremy Dale Shuck, 47, has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge involving the distribution of methamphetamine.
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A Florida woman has been sentenced to five years of federal probation and ordered to pay $328,478.38 in restitution after admitting to illegally receiving West Virginia public employee pension benefits over a 15-year period.
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Roger Lee Cousins, a 50-year-old resident of Beckley, has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the distribution of cocaine.
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Anthony Jackson, also known as “Snake,” and Brian Lee Moore, also known as “Pooter,” both of Huntington, have pleaded guilty to fentanyl-related offenses.
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Demetrius McKinney, 45, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) McDowell, has been sentenced to one year and one month in prison for possessing a weapon while incarcerated.
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Will Adrian Samuels, a 48-year-old resident of Jefferson, Texas, pleaded guilty to destruction of government property in federal court in Bluefield, West Virginia.
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Hector Luis Gomez DeJesus of Sanford, North Carolina, and Raymond Luis Saez Aviles of Poinciana, Florida, were sentenced to three years of probation each, including two months of home detention.
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Marcus Allen Johnson, also known as “Mook,” age 40, of Huntington, pleaded guilty to distributing a quantity of fentanyl.
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Two Charleston residents received prison sentences for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in the Charleston area.