Akale Jamel Green, Heroin Distribution, West Virginia 2020

Akale Jamel Green, 54, of Huntington, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to distributing heroin, a federal crime, in a courtroom hearing.

Crime: Green sold approximately 1.42 grams of heroin to a confidential informant while parked at a Hurricane shopping plaza on June 15, 2020. The controlled substance contained heroin and fentanyl, confirmed by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Mid-Atlantic Laboratory.

Green further admitted to aiding and abetting the sale of approximately 1 gram of heroin and fentanyl to a confidential informant at a Hurricane residence on June 9, 2020, and to selling approximately 1.33 grams of heroin and fentanyl to a confidential informant in Huntington on June 23, 2020.

On July 22, 2020, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a Doulton Avenue residence in Huntington and found a quantity of a heroin and fentanyl mixture and digital scales. Green admitted to possessing the heroin and fentanyl mixture and that he intended to distribute it.

Sentence: Green is scheduled to be sentenced on January 17, 2023, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $1 million fine.

Defendant Details: Akale Jamel Green, 54, of Huntington, West Virginia.

Criminal Charges: Distribution of heroin.

City and State: Huntington, West Virginia.

Date: June 15, 2020, and subsequent dates.

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