CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In a shocking turn of events, a Charleston heroin dealer has pleaded guilty to a federal drug crime. Daniel Andrew Hicks, 42, entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin.
According to the investigation, Hicks sold heroin to a confidential informant on multiple occasions in January and February of 2016. Following his arrest on February 18, 2016, law enforcement found Hicks with close to five grams of heroin that he intended to distribute.
A search warrant was executed on an apartment Hicks had rented at 112 Henson Avenue in South Charleston. Officers discovered $4,924 in cash stored in a shoe box on the kitchen counter. Next to the shoe box, officers also found three sets of digital scales and three cell phones.
Hicks faces up to 20 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on September 28, 2016. The Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team conducted the investigation, and Assistant United States Attorney Monica D. Coleman is handling the prosecution.
The plea hearing was held before United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston. This prosecution is part of an ongoing effort to combat the illicit sale and misuse of prescription drugs and heroin in the Southern District of West Virginia.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office, joined by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, 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.
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Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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