CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two defendants pleaded guilty today to federal heroin charges, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Anthony Lamar Jordan Honeycutt, 35, of Charleston, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court in Huntington to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Leon Wilson, Jr., 43, of Charleston, pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston to distributing heroin.
On Dec. 16, 2014, drug task force officers working with the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team stopped Honeycutt in downtown Charleston. Honeycutt was on his way to deliver heroin to a confidential informant working with law enforcement. Officers found Honeycutt in possession of approximately 42 grams of heroin at the time of his arrest. Honeycutt faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced in federal court in Huntington on March 14, 2016. The case against Honeycutt was investigated by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team. Assistant United States Attorney Joshua Hanks is in charge of the prosecution.
Another defendant, Leon Wilson, Jr., admitted that in May of 2015, he sold heroin to a confidential informant working with law enforcement authorities on three separate occasions. The drug deals took place at Wilson’s Charleston apartment. After these drug deals, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at Wilson’s residence. Officers found over $1,000 cash in Wilson’s possession, which included some of the pre-recorded buy money used in one of the drug deals with the confidential informant. Wilson faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced in federal court in Charleston on March 16, 2016. The case against Wilson was investigated by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff’s Tactical Operations Patrol Team. Assistant United States Attorney Timothy D. Boggess is in charge of the prosecution.
These cases were brought as part of an ongoing effort led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia to combat illegal drugs in our communities, including the illicit sale and misuse of prescription drugs and heroin. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, joined by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, is committed to aggressively pursuing and shutting down drug 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
