Category: W. Virginia – Southern District

Phillips allegedly converted over $4.7 million of organization’s funds HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced today the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Ruth Marie…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Corey Allen Tucker, 25, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.  A federal grand jury indicted Tucker in September 2020….

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Jaquan Jeremiah Wright, 22, of New York, pleaded guilty today to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.  Wright was arrested on a federal criminal complaint…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Kanawha County man pleaded guilty today to two federal gun crimes. Tevin Williams, 27, of Charleston, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Jawhar Baruti Jones, 41, of Charleston, was sentenced to 60 months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine.  Jones…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Melanie Lynne Curnutte, 58, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.  She was charged in an indictment returned by a…

 Defendant sentenced for conspiracy to fake his wife’s death at the New River Gorge CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Raleigh County man received a sentence of eight months of confinement for his…

BECKLEY, W.Va. – A Beckley man pleaded guilty today to distributing cocaine base in Raleigh County.  Eric Ledon Brown, 53, was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2020….

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Cleveland, Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.  James Lavan, 45, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin. According to court…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Three men appeared in U.S. District Court in Huntington today and pleaded guilty to federal drug crimes. Michael Stanley Wright, 33, of Huntington, pleaded guilty to possession…