Robert Earl Cureton Jr., also known as "Black Rob," a 40-year-old resident of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to eight years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine. The sentence was handed down in Huntington, West Virginia.
Court documents reveal that on January 12, 2024, Cureton sold about 54 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant on the 2400 block of Collis Avenue in Huntington. He admitted to arranging and completing the transaction with the informant.
Cureton also confessed to selling approximately 18.6 grams of fentanyl for $1,300 on November 9, 2023, and about 55 grams of methamphetamine for $380 on December 7, 2023. Both sales were made to a confidential informant in the same area.
On November 26, 2024, Cureton traveled from Michigan to Cincinnati via Greyhound bus and then took a rideshare vehicle to Huntington. During this trip, he carried a suitcase containing roughly 5.08 kilograms of methamphetamine. Law enforcement stopped the rideshare vehicle in which Cureton was traveling on the 900 block of 7th Avenue in Huntington and arrested him based on an outstanding warrant. Officers seized the suitcase with methamphetamine and found approximately $4,566 on his person. Cureton admitted that this cash was earned from selling methamphetamine.
The announcement came from Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston who praised the efforts of the Huntington Police Department and the Huntington Violent Crime and Drug Task Force in their investigation.
United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers delivered the sentence while Assistant United States Attorney Courtney L. Finney prosecuted the case.
For further details or related court documents, individuals can visit PACER by searching Case No. 3:24-cr-117 or refer to the U.S. Attorney’s Office website for the Southern District of West Virginia.
