HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A former Detroit man is facing up to twenty years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug charge in a Huntington, West Virginia courtroom.
Tony Searcy, 48, pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it. Searcy admitted that on September 26, 2014, he traveled from Detroit, Michigan to Huntington, West Virginia, with approximately 100 grams of heroin that he planned to sell in the Huntington area.
The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force. Assistant United States Attorneys Greg McVey and Jennifer Rada Herrald are in charge of the prosecution.
Searcy’s guilty plea is 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 pills and heroin in communities across the Southern District.
Searcy will be sentenced on August 10, 2015.
According to the plea agreement, Searcy will be sentenced to up to twenty years in prison for his role in the heroin trafficking operation.
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Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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