Frederick Van-Horn, Cocaine Trafficking, West Virginia 2020

A Raleigh County man has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge in West Virginia.

According to court documents, on December 18, 2020, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at the Beaver residence of Frederick Van-Horn, 42, and found a 9mm handgun, ammunition, $1,697 in U.S. currency and cocaine base.

Van-Horn admitted that he possessed more than 23 grams of 'crack' cocaine and to having sold fentanyl to confidential informants.

Van-Horn pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base and faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on August 27, 2021.

Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston made the announcement. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Raleigh County Drug Task Force conducted the investigation.

Assistant United States Attorney L. Alexander Hamner is prosecuting the case. United States District Judge Frank W. Volk presided over the hearing.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/raleigh-county-man-pleads-guilty-federal-drug-charge-0