Legal News for Beckely, West Virginia
United States of America v. Madison Grant Sergent
Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth. On July 23, 2024, Madison Grant Sergent, 27, of Huntington, directed another individual to distribute approximately 24 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in exchange for $180 in Huntington. As part of her plea agreement, Sergent admitted to arranging the transaction a... More...
(02-03-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Gerald Lee Young and Gerald Lee Young
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribut drugs.... More...
(02-02-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Hetzon Marroquin Reyes
Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer John Pizzo represented the Defendant charged with employing illegal aliens and tax fraud. Hetzon Maroquin Reyes, also known as “Hector,” age 41, was the owenr and operator of A&M Homes, LLC in Morgantown, West Virginia and hired and harbored illegal workers for his construction company. Reyes, a Guatemalan resident, in the United States on a... More...
(01-22-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Tracy Don Jackson
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl. On June 15, 2023, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a Charleston residence where they encountered Tracy Don Jackson Jr., 23, of St. Albans, sleeping on a couch in the living room. Officers found a quantity of a heroin-fentanyl mix and a Glock model G48 9mm pisto... More...
(01-22-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Avanibahen Patel
Beckley, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with hiring illegals. Aakash Prakash Makwana, 30, a citizen of India unlawfully residing in Ronceverte, was employed at a Fairlea business owned and operated by Avanibahen Patel and her husband. Makwana assisted with running the daily business during the time period. Patel admitted that she and her husband agreed t... More...
(01-14-2026 - wv)State of West Virginia v. Jennie Davis
Williamson, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault. Following a jury trial held in February 1995, the petitioner was convicted of four counts of first-degree sexual assault[2] and four counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, or custodian.[3]The petitioner was sentenced to fifteen to thirty-five years of imprisonment for three of the f... More...
(01-13-2026 - WV)State of West Virginia v. Martin King
Morgantown, West Virginia,criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree robbery. On May 9, 2019, a Monongalia County Grand Jury indicted the petitioner on robbery in the second-degree. The petitioner was released from custody and absconded; the circuit court issued a capias warrant for his arrest. The petitioner was eventually apprehended, and, on May 16, 2022, he... More...
(01-13-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Maurice Kelly Johnson, aka “Reese"
Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearm by a convicted felon. On May 22, 2025, Johnson provided a Smith & Wesson model M&P Shield M2.0 9mm pistol that was sold to a confidential informant in Huntington. As part of his guilty plea, Maurice Kelly Johnson, also known as “Reese,” 58, of Huntington, admitted to possessing th... More...
(01-13-2026 - WV)State of West Virginia v. Danile Lunn Wrights, Jr.
Rio, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Daniel Lum Wright Jr. accused of killing a woman and dumping her body in the woods. https://www.wboy.com/news/crime/west-virginia-man-arrested-for-allegedly-murdering-woman-and-dumping-her-body-in-2020/... More...
(01-12-2026 - WV)State of West Virginia v. Kyle Jitsuwo Ulysses Zercues Matsuoka Termin
Weston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and eluding. On Jan. 11, at around 10:02 p.m., troopers were patrolling in the area of East 3rd Street near the intersection of Brown Avenue in Weston when they saw a sedan driving at “an extremely high rate of speed” heading into Weston driven by Kyle Jitsuwo Ulysses Zercues ... More...
(01-12-2026 - WV)United States of America v. John Ladelle Puryear
Capbell, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and cocaine base, also known as “crack.” On January 16, 2025, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at John Ladelle Puryear’s apartment in Huntington and seized approximately 299 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of fentanyl an... More...
(01-12-2026 - WV)Jules Gautier, et al. v. TAMS Management, Inc., et al.
Charleston, West Virginia, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on a WARN Act violation theory. The WARN Act “requires certain employers to provide notice to their employees of sudden, significant employment loss so that they [can] seek alternative employment and their communities [can] prepare for the economic disruption of a mass layoff.” Schmidt v. FCI Enters. LL... More...
(01-02-2026 - WV)State of West Virginia v. Robert John Clancy
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Robert John Glancey, 63, of Philadelphia, who was using an Ohio man’s identity to try to steal money from banks.... More...
(12-31-2025 - WV)United States of America v. Quanda Kiev Wilborne
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers.... More...
(12-24-2025 - WV)Nelson Rigg, et al. v. Monore Darrow Eads, et al.
Hinton, West Virginia, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in an easement dispute. On March 31, 2021, the Piggs acquired two parcels of property, an 11-acre parcel and what they understood to be an 80-acre parcel in Summers County from Thomas H. Walls, Jr. On November 30, 2021, the Eads acquired an abutting 106.45-acre parcel of land from the White family. In January 2023, at t... More...
(12-22-2025 - WV)United States of America v. Quanda Kiev Wilborne, also known as “Quan” and “Queso”
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Wilborne obtained methamphetamine from co-conspirator Amanda Marie Mace and fentanyl from multiple sources and distributed both controlled substances in and around Charleston between June 2024 and May 2025. As part of his plea agreement, Wilbo... More...
(12-22-2025 - WV)United States of America v. Michael Robinson-Brown
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a leadership role in a drug trafficking operation in Monongalia County. law enforcement had received several complaints about suspected drug activity at an apartment complex in Morgantown. Investigators determined Robinson-Brown was transporting large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl from Detroi... More...
(12-19-2025 - WV)United States of America v. Michael Robinson-Brown
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking operation in Monongalia County. Law enforcement received several complaints about suspected drug activity at an apartment complex in Morgantown. Investigators determined Michael Robinson-Brown, 27, of Detroit, Michigan, was transporting large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl from... More...
(12-19-2025 - WV)United States of America v. Quanda Kiev Wilborne, also known as “Quan” and “Queso,” and Taylor Faith Walke
Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Quanda Kiev Wilborne, also known as “Quan” and “Queso,” 29, of Charleston, obtained methamphetamine from co-conspirator Amanda Marie Mace and fentanyl from multiple sources and distributed both controlled substances in and around Char... More...
(12-18-2025 - WV)United States of America v. Mark W. Stuckey
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportatoin of firearms.... More...
(12-17-2025 - WV)United States of America v. Jeremiah Telmon_Isaiah Hand
Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing meth.... More...
(12-16-2025 - WV)State of West Virginia v. Dwayne Herring
Wheeling, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Dwayne Herring, 53, of Wheeling, charged with one count of murder in connection with the killing of 56-year-old Kathleen J. Herring.... More...
(12-14-2025 - WV)United States of America v. William Joseph Kessier, III
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl and one count of distribution of methamphetamine. On June 25, 2024, William Joseph Kessler III, 44, of Beckwith, sold a total of 18 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant over the course of two transactions, one in Raleigh County and ... More...
(12-14-2025 - WV)United States of America v. Dustin Allen Wayne Plants
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. Unlawful firearm transport involves violating federal/state laws, like carrying loaded firearms where prohibited (e.g., Oklahoma), transporting across state lines without following rules (e.g., GCA 922), or prohibited persons (felons, fugitives) possessing firearms. Key e... More...
(12-12-2025 - WV)United States of America v. Filmel Williams
Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally distributing fentanyl. Filmel Williams, age 64, of Harper Woods, West Virginia distributed fentanyl in Lumberport, West Virginia. Williams faces up to 20 years in federal prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and othe... More...
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