Source: United States Department of Justice News
BECKLEY, W.Va. – Leon Eugene Smith, Jr., 41, of Beckley, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of heroin.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Smith admitted to selling approximately 0.5 grams of suspected heroin to a confidential informant in Lanark, Raleigh County, for $80 on September 15, 2020. The West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory confirmed the controlled substance was a mixture of heroin and fentanyl.
Smith further admitted to selling approximately 1.3 grams of heroin on September 17, 2020, and approximately 1 gram of heroin on September 23, 2020, each time to a confidential informant in Lenark for $160.
Smith will serve the sentence consecutively with a prison sentence of one year and eight months imposed for a supervised release revocation on April 15, 2021. Smith had been on supervised release for his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm in United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on October 8, 2015.
United States Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Department and the West Virginia State Police.
United States District Judge Frank W. Volk imposed the sentence. Assistant United States Attorney Timothy D. Boggess and former Assistant United States Attorney Nick Miller prosecuted the case.
A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. Related court documents and information can be found on PACER by searching for Case No. 5:21-cr-184.
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