Detroit Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Methamphetamine in Huntington: Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington is in Cabell County, West Virginia. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia announced on November 2 that Leroy Terrell Newson, 36, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
Newson, also known as "Money," sold 47 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in exchange for $500 in Huntington on February 23, 2026, according to court documents and statements made in court. As part of his guilty plea, Newson admitted that he conducted the transaction in his vehicle after arranging it beforehand with the informant by phone. He further admitted that he sold approximately 18 grams of methamphetamine on March 16, 2026, approximately 24 grams on March 26, 2026, and approximately 24 grams on April 20, 2026, each time in Huntington in exchange for $250.
Newson was arrested on August 13, 2026, as part of Operation Coal Country, a multi-week enforcement initiative that targeted noncompliant sex offenders, individuals wanted for sex crimes, violent fugitives, and other wanted individuals throughout the Southern District of West Virginia.
Newson is scheduled to be sentenced on February 22, 2027, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, at least three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $1 million. United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney Courtney L. Finney is prosecuting the case, which was investigated by the Huntington Violent Crime and Drug Task Force and the Huntington Police Department. The case number is 3:26-cr-95. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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Photo: 图：位于 Huntington 的 Cabell County 法院（资料图）。Carol M. Highsmith 摄，公共领域（美国国会图书馆藏），经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Cabell County Courthouse in Huntington (file photo). By Carol M. Highsmith, public domain (Library of Congress), via Wikimedia Commons.
