Tag: Huntington
Justin L. Wiegand, Child Pornography, West Virginia 2023
⏱ 2 min read Justin L. Wiegand, a 34-year-old sex offender from Kenova, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography. In December 2023, Wiegand contacted a user on an instant messaging app and purchased a package of explicit content, including 160 videos and links to folders containing over 50 gigabytes of…
Steven Mark Hosey, Unlicensed Firearms Sales, West Virginia 2025
⏱ 3 min read Steven Mark Hosey, a 59-year-old from Poca, West Virginia, was involved in a lucrative but illicit business, selling firearms without a Federal Firearms License (FFL) in Huntington. Between April 2024 and April 10, 2025, Hosey purchased guns from licensed dealers with the intent to sell them for profit to other individuals,…
Marrio Adam Kinchen, Methamphetamine Trafficking, West Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Marrio Adam Kinchen, aka ‘Kardi’, sold 27 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Huntington on January 2, 2025, for $200. The 37-year-old Huntington man has pleaded guilty to the crime. Kinchen’s guilty plea comes after an investigation by the Huntington Violent Crime and Drug Task Force. Kinchen faces a…
Lamarr Anthony Welch, Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution, West Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Lamarr Anthony Welch, a 35-year-old Detroit man, was involved in a large-scale drug trafficking operation that flooded the Huntington area with methamphetamine and fentanyl. Between March 3, 2025, and August 27, 2025, Welch distributed 651 grams of methamphetamine and 4.4 grams of fentanyl as part of the conspiracy. The operation was…
Della Palestino, Identity Theft, West Virginia 2024
⏱ 2 min read Della Palestino, a 60-year-old woman from Lexington, South Carolina, has admitted to carrying out a string of identity thefts in West Virginia, stealing a total of $37,645 from bank accounts between August 23, 2024, and September 26, 2024. Palestino used a different individual’s personal identifying information, including a forged signature, to…
Jeffrey Allen Jones, Fentanyl Trafficking, West Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jeffrey Allen Jones, a 46-year-old Columbus, Ohio, resident, was busted for peddling fentanyl and cocaine in Huntington, West Virginia. On March 7, 2025, law enforcement raided his Huntington residence, seizing 44 grams of fentanyl, 23 grams of cocaine base, and a loaded Glock 23 .40-caliber pistol. Jones admitted to selling fentanyl…
Tavoyn Billy Morrison, Cocaine Distribution, West Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Tavoyn Billy Morrison, a 26-year-old from Huntington, West Virginia, was involved in the distribution of cocaine base, also known as crack, in his local community. On July 31, 2025, and again on August 14, 2025, Morrison sold approximately 3 grams of crack to a confidential informant for $200 each time. The…
Joseph Moore, Heroin Distribution, West Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Joseph Moore, a 47-year-old Huntington resident, pleaded guilty to distributing heroin after selling 2.9 grams of the deadly opioid to a confidential informant at his residence on February 11, 2025, in exchange for $150. The transaction was part of a larger investigation into heroin distribution in the area. Moore’s guilty plea…
James Burke, Embezzlement, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read James Burke, a 56-year-old Kentucky man, has been sentenced to prison for embezzling over $40,000 from a labor union in Huntington, West Virginia. Burke, who served as the financial secretary of the union, issued unauthorized checks and diverted dues for his personal use between July 2022 and October 2023. The embezzlement…
Matthew Robert Hudson, Methamphetamine Distribution, West Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Matthew Robert Hudson, a 41-year-old from Huntington, West Virginia, was caught distributing methamphetamine after a traffic stop on September 23, 2025. Hudson had approximately 120 grams of methamphetamine in his vehicle, which he admitted to possessing and intending to sell for money. The stop was conducted by a law enforcement officer…
