Walter Alvin Cremeans, Methamphetamine Trafficking, West Virginia 2024

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Cabell County man has been sentenced to prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking organization that distributed large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Southern District of West Virginia.

Walter Alvin Cremeans, 57, of Culloden, was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Cremeans admitted to his role in the drug trafficking organization, which was responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Southern District of West Virginia.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on October 28, 2023, a law enforcement officer conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Cremeans on the 4200 block of Ohio River Road in Huntington.

Cremeans admitted that he placed approximately 97 grams of methamphetamine in a cup that was thrown from his vehicle during the traffic stop. The officer located and seized the methamphetamine on the ground outside of Cremeans’ vehicle.

Cremeans further admitted that investigators observed him acquiring the seized methamphetamine just before the traffic stop, and that he had arranged to receive the methamphetamine during multiple phone calls that were intercepted by investigators.

This case is part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program, which is the keystone of the Department of Justice’s drug reduction strategy. OCDETF combines the resources and expertise of its member federal agencies in cooperation with state and local law enforcement.

The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking organizations, transnational criminal organizations and money laundering organizations that present a significant threat to the public safety, economic, or national security of the United States.

United States Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT), the West Virginia State Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed the sentence. Assistant United States Attorneys Joseph F. Adams and Stephanie Taylor prosecuted the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/cabell-county-man-sentenced-prison-role-methamphetamine-trafficking-organization