Timothy Ray Gravley, Fentanyl Trafficking, West Virginia 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Brothers Timothy Ray Gravley, 41, of Bruno, and Jessie Joe Gravley II, 42, of Bruno, have pleaded guilty to federal drug crimes in Logan County, West Virginia.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on October 17, 2024, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at the residences of each brother.

At Timothy Ray Gravley's residence, officers seized a total of 559.69 grams of fentanyl found in multiple bags, a Ruger model LCP .380-caliber pistol, a Umarex/FN model 502 .22-caliber pistol, and $20,131.

As part of his guilty plea, Timothy Ray Gravley admitted that he possessed the fentanyl seized at his residence and that he intended to distribute it in and around the Southern District of West Virginia.

He further admitted to selling a total of 6.64 grams of fentanyl for a total of $700 in two separate transactions, one on October 10, 2024, and the other on October 15, 2024, each time to a confidential informant in Bruno.

As part of his guilty plea, Jessie Joe Gravley admitted that he possessed the methamphetamine seized at his residence and that he intended to distribute it in and around the Southern District of West Virginia.

He further admitted to selling controlled substances to a confidential informant on two occasions in Bruno.

Timothy Ray Gravley and Jessie Joe Gravley are scheduled to be sentenced on November 6, 2025.

Each faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years of supervised release, and a $10 million fine.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/logan-county-brothers-plead-guilty-federal-drug-crimes