CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man pled guilty to a federal drug trafficking offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Nekko Johnie Daniel, 31, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute oxycodone before United States District Judge Irene C. Berger. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT), the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department, the Charleston Police Department, and the West Virginia State Police.
“Another drug dealer nabbed off the Detroit Express," said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. “Daniel will now be taking the bus to federal prison."
Based on information presented in public court records and hearings, on Dec. 12, 2016, Daniel traveled by bus from Detroit, Michigan, to the Greyhound station in Charleston, where he left in a car. Police investigators stopped Daniel’s car after it failed to maintain its lane while traveling south on Interstate 77. The investigators smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and searched it, ultimately recovering a half-ounce of marijuana from Daniel’s person and 540 oxycodone pills in his bag.
Daniel faces up to 20 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on Oct. 30, 2019. Assistant United States Attorney Drew O. Inman is handling the prosecution.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
