WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – A Chicago, Illinois man was sentenced today for operating a drug distribution organization that transported fentanyl from Chicago, Illinois, to Weirton, West Virginia, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey.

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – William Durnal, 60, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine possession and distribution.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Durnal was part of a drug trafficking organization that was supplying large amounts of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine in Morgantown, West Virginia. In a separate case, during a search of his home, officers found hundreds of grams of methamphetamine.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Zelda Wesley and Stephen Warner are prosecuting the cases on behalf of the government.

LOGAN COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Six people are facing charges after a months-long drug trafficking investigation in Logan County.

According to Logan County Prosecuting Attorney David Wandling, the suspects arrested Thursday, Dec. 7, include Christopher Hairston, Byron Young, Hollie Frye, Damian DeHart, Brandon Christian and Bryce Ball.

FAYETTEVILLE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Fayette County woman was sentenced on Thursday for felony offenses involving the distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine.

According to Anthony Ciliberti, Jr., Prosecuting Attorney for Fayette County, on June 8, 2023, Samantha J. Cody, age 35 and formerly of Glen Jean, West Virginia, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Thomas H. Ewing in relation to felony offenses of conspiracy to deliver fentanyl and over 50 grams of methamphetamine as well as delivery of methamphetamine.

A drug trafficking network that served as one of the largest suppliers of illicit substances to West Virginia has been dismantled by a federal indictment returned this week against individuals from Ohio, California, and Mexico.

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – On January 17, 2023, the Beckley Raleigh County Drug and Violent Crime Unit seized nearly $90,000 in drugs and guns after a pair of arrests.

Two suspects are still on the loose.

Assisted by Special Response Teams from both the WV State Police and the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office, the Beckley Raleigh-County Drug and Violent Crime Unit made three search warrants at Willbrian Apartments located at 510 Ewart Avenue in Beckley and a search warrant at a home in the 6000 Block of Robert C. Byrd Drive in Bradley.

WHEELING, W.Va. (WV News) — A federal grand jury has returned indictments against alleged large-scale dealers of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine operating in Ohio County, according to U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld.

Solomon Watters, 26, of Cleveland, was indicted for conspiring to distribute over 1.2 kilograms of fentanyl in Ohio County and elsewhere, according to Ihlenfeld.

Investigators seized $212,000 in cash from Watters and his co-conspirator, Chelsea Banks, 26, of Wheeling, along with three guns, Ihlenfeld said.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Eleven people, mostly from the Detroit, Michigan area are facing federal indictments alleging they transported large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine into the Morgantown area.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Bernard said at a Wednesday news conference that nine of the suspects are in custody, two Michigan residents remain at-large.

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Antonio Buzzo, of Maidsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 10 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.

Buzzo, 28, pleaded guilty in May 2021 to one count of “Distribution of Fentanyl.” Buzzo admitted to selling fentanyl in January 2020 in Monongalia County.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — A federal jury in Clarksburg deliberated two hours Wednesday before convicting a 28-year-old Georgia man of helping his half brother dispose of a West Virginia overdose victim’s dismembered body in an Atlanta-area landfill.