CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A South Charleston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, to distribution of heroin, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Gavin Edwards, 32, of South Charleston, entered his guilty plea today to the federal drug charge.
Edwards admitted that on December 8, 2014, he sold approximately half a gram of heroin to a confidential informant working with the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT). Edwards completed the drug deal in the parking lot behind his apartment at 4832 Kanawha Turnpike Avenue in South Charleston. Edwards further admitted that on Dec. 10, 2014, he sold the same confidential informant approximately 1.6 grams of heroin.
On Dec. 16, 2014, detectives with MDENT executed a search warrant for the apartment and located over 250 grams of marijuana, over 250 grams of crack, and approximately $5,930 in cash. During the search, officers also recovered an additional $1,569 in cash that Edwards had in his pockets.
Edwards faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced on March 16, 2016, in federal court in Charleston.
This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team. Assistant United States Attorney Monica D. Coleman is in charge of the prosecution.
The case was prosecuted as part of an ongoing effort led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia to combat the illicit sale and misuse of prescription drugs and heroin. The United States Attorney’s Office, joined by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, is committed to aggressively pursuing and shutting down illegal pill trafficking, eliminating open air drug markets, and curtailing the spread of opiate painkillers and heroin in communities across the Southern District.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
