BECKLEY, W.Va. – Another West Virginia dealer is looking at serious time. Jeremy Dale Shuck, 47, of Coal City, admitted in federal court today to pushing methamphetamine, a charge that carries a hefty mandatory minimum. This isn’t some small-time possession case; Shuck was moving weight.
According to court documents unsealed today, Shuck willingly sold approximately 13.92 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant on July 16, 2024. The transaction went down in the parking lot of a service station in Beaver, and Shuck pocketed $200 for his trouble. He didn’t try to hide it, admitting the deal as part of his guilty plea – a weak attempt to cut a deal that likely won’t soften the blow.
The feds aren’t playing games. Shuck is scheduled for sentencing on January 23, 2026, and he’s staring down a mandatory minimum of five years in prison. The maximum? A staggering 40 years. Add to that at least four years of supervised release after he finally gets out, and a potential fine of up to $5 million. This isn’t a slap on the wrist; this is a life sentence in all but name.
Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced the guilty plea, and rightly praised the work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). They did the legwork, built the case, and now Shuck is paying the price. This case is reportedly part of something bigger, a nationwide initiative called Operation Take Back America. Sounds like a political slogan, but the goal is clear: hit transnational criminal organizations and the cartels fueling the drug trade.
Operation Take Back America is a streamlining of existing efforts – the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) and Project Safe Neighborhoods – meant to throw everything at the problem. Whether it’ll actually work remains to be seen, but the feds are certainly talking a tough game. United States Magistrate Judge Omar J. Aboulhosn presided over today’s hearing. Assistant United States Attorneys Brian D. Parsons and Andrew D. Isabell were the prosecutors on the case.
For those wanting to dig deeper, a copy of the press release is available on the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia website. Court documents can be found on PACER under Case No. 5:25-cr-41. This case serves as a grim reminder: dealing poison in West Virginia will land you in a federal prison cell, and for a long, long time.
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Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: Official Source ↗
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