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Federal Tipoffs Involving West Virginia Newsletter for Tuesday April 02, 2024 ( 3 items )  

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Tykeith Diemell Martin, 22, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute heroin. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 14, 2023, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a Huntington residence where Martin was staying. Officers found approximately 37 grams of   more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Huntington Woman Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Laura Leigh Jones, 32, of Huntington, was sentenced today to two years and eight months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 5 2023, Jones sold approximat  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Two More Defendants Plead Guilty to Roles in Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Today, Gary Diaz, also known as "Poppy," 66, of Nitro, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and Thomas Shane Holland, 54, of Salt Rock, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Diaz and Holland each admitted to their roles in a drug trafficking orga  more