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USAO Press Release on July 10, 2025

BECKLEY, W.Va. – Three Raleigh County residents were sentenced to prison today for their roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine base, also known as “crack,” in Beckley and elsewhere within the Southern District of West Virginia…


USAO Press Release on July 10, 2025

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Jason Allen Rhule, 45, of Charleston, was sentenced today to six years and five months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 24…


USAO Press Release on July 9, 2025

BECKLEY, W.Va. – Francis Combs, 55, of Cool Ridge, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 1, 2024, Combs sold a Jimenez Arms model JA-Nine 9mm pistol to a confidential informant. Combs admitted…


USAO Press Release on July 7, 2025

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Douglas Lee Brown, also known as “Wiggles,” 56, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 18, 2024, law enforcement officers arrested Brown on domestic battery…


USAO Press Release on July 7, 2025

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Edgar Warren Willis Jr., 39, of Charleston, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 27, 2024, law…

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