HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Three men are headed to federal prison after being sentenced today for peddling poison on the streets of Huntington. Steven Jamar Alexander, 33, was hit with 77 months behind bars after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine — cash in hand, drugs exchanged, repeat offender. The feds didn’t let up, nailing Zachary Taylor Lucas, 25, with a 3-month sentence for dealing heroin, and Jason Clark Dailey, 27, with 12 months and one day for pushing fentanyl and illegally packing heat as a drug user.
The crackdown stemmed from a series of controlled buys orchestrated by law enforcement using confidential informants. On August 14, 2018, Alexander set up a meet at a gas station in the 2200 block of 8th Avenue in Huntington. He walked up, handed over meth, and took $120. Cold. Calculated. And not his first time — he admitted to four additional deals with the same informant.
Meanwhile, Lucas played middleman from his Milton residence. On March 26, 2018, he told an informant to come to him. $100 changed hands, and heroin changed pockets. He copped to two more sales and admitted to pushing heroin across Milton during March and April of 2018, turning neighborhoods into open-air drug zones.
Dailey’s case was the most dangerous. On June 21, 2018, he dealt fentanyl — a killer opioid — from his home in Ona, swapping it for $100. Then, on July 5, cops raided that same house. They found heroin and two firearms. Dailey, a self-admitted drug user, isn’t allowed to own guns. He admitted it all — including another heroin sale and months of distribution in Ona from February to July 2018.
U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart didn’t mince words: “Three more defendants; three more drug dealers sentenced to prison.” He credited the DEA, FBI Drug Task Force, and Cabell County Sheriff’s Department for the takedowns, underscoring a joint push to “clean up the streets of Huntington and Cabell County.” The message? The feds are watching. The net’s tightening.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph F. Adams prosecuted all three cases. Sentences were handed down by U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers. No early exits. No leniency. Just time — 77 months, 3 months, 12 months and a day. The streets may bleed, but the hammer falls hard when the feds come calling.
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Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: Official Source ↗
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