Brandon Christopher Solomon, Escape and Heroin Possession, West Virginia 2016
A Charleston man was sentenced to three years in federal prison for separate charges of escape and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
Brandon Christopher Solomon, 21, originally from Detroit, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin.
Solomon admitted that in December 2015, he escaped from a halfway house in St. Albans, West Virginia.
He was at the halfway house finishing a sentence for violating his federal supervised release from a prior drug conviction.
Solomon's whereabouts were unknown for several months until April 28, 2016, when officers with the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team located him while executing a search warrant on Daniel Boone Drive in Charleston.
Solomon was arrested on the outstanding escape warrant, and when he was searched, officers located six baggies of heroin and cash in his pocket.
The United States Marshals Service and the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team conducted the investigation.
Assistant United States Attorney Haley Bunn is in charge of the prosecution.
This prosecution was brought as part of an ongoing effort led by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia to combat the illicit sale and misuse of prescription drugs and heroin.
The city of Charleston is committed to aggressively pursuing and shutting down illegal pill trafficking, eliminating open air drug markets, and curtailing the spread of opiate painkillers and heroin in communities across the Southern District.
The U.S. Attorney's Office, joined by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, is dedicated to fighting against the scourge of heroin and other illicit substances that plague our communities.
The case against Brandon Christopher Solomon serves as a reminder of the serious consequences that await those who engage in such criminal activity.
Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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