Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution: Sold 3.31 Grams to an Informant, Faces Up to 20 Years
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia announced that Quincy Higgins, 22, of Akron, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl. The case was heard in federal court in Beckley, West Virginia.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 9, 2023, Higgins sold 3.31 grams of a substance containing fentanyl to a confidential informant in Coal City, West Virginia.
Higgins is scheduled to be sentenced on February 26, 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 Attorney Moore Capito made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Central Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, and the Beckley/Raleigh County Drug and Violent Crime Unit. United States Magistrate Judge Omar J. Aboulhosn presided over the hearing, and Assistant United States Attorneys Lesley C. Shamblin and Brian D. Parsons are prosecuting the case, No. 5:25-cr-61.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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