Leroy Lumpkin Wilson, Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Heroin, West Virginia 2014

Defendant Admits to Role in Newman Drug Conspiracy

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Leroy Lumpkin Wilson, also known as Brian Knowles and B.K., 33, of Lexington, Kentucky, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin in federal court in Huntington.

According to the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, Wilson admitted to working as a drug courier for Mark Silverburg, a drug supplier for Kenneth Newman, also known as 'K-Kutta.'

Wilson transported cocaine from around Lexington to Huntington for Newman and carried payments for the cocaine from Newman to Silverburg.

On January 8, 2014, Wilson brought approximately $6,800 from Newman's residence on Artisan Avenue in Huntington to Silverburg in Kentucky. On January 9, 2014, Silverburg instructed Wilson to travel from Lexington to Newman's residence in Huntington.

Prior to that drive, Silverburg placed a brown paper bag in the trunk of the car Wilson was driving. Once Wilson arrived at Newman's residence, Newman took two plastic bags full of cocaine out of the brown paper bag. Wilson estimated the total weight of the cocaine to be between 6 and 9 ounces.

Additionally, Wilson performed construction work on rental property owned by George Newman, Kenneth Newman's brother. Wilson was paid in cash and in heroin for the work performed. George Newman instructed Wilson to pay his workers in heroin.

The investigation revealed that the Newman conspiracy was responsible for distributing oxycodone, crack cocaine, morphine, MDMA, and marijuana, in addition to cocaine and heroin.

Wilson faces up to 20 years imprisonment and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced on February 23, 2015.

This case is being prosecuted 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 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.

Leroy Lumpkin Wilson, 33, of Lexington, Kentucky, Defendant, Real Full Name or Legal Entity Name, Exact Criminal Charges, City and State, Exact Date with Month/Day/Year, Sentence or Outcome, Dollar Amounts Where Applicable.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/newman-drug-gang-member-pleads-guilty-federal-court