A Charleston man has been sentenced to 52 months in prison for a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
Steven Craig Coleman, 31, previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
Coleman was selling several ounces of heroin from his house on 7th Avenue in Charleston in July 2017, according to public court filings and hearings.
On July 20, 2017, Coleman sold a confidential informant a substance containing fentanyl. A week later, investigators executed a search warrant at Coleman’s house, where they found several thousand dollars in drug proceeds and over 30 grams of methamphetamine outside of an open window near Coleman.
On August 8, 2018, police again met Coleman at his house and he gave them permission to search his room. Coleman directed an investigator to where he was hiding his drugs. Police ultimately found close to 10 grams of drug mixtures containing heroin, fentanyl, and acetyl fentanyl, a deadly fentanyl analogue.
Coleman was previously convicted for involuntary manslaughter in 2016 for distributing heroin to a woman, causing a fatal overdose.
Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber imposed the sentence. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Drew O. Inman.
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Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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