Huntington Woman Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Crime
Friday, January 9, 2026, 7:45 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
HUNTINGTON, W.VA.- On Tuesday, a 52-year-old Huntington, West Virginia, woman, and local drug peddler, learned she will be facing up to 20 years in federal prison when sentenced, after pleading guilty to a federal narcotics distribution offense.
According to U.S. Attorney Moore Capito, on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Tina Marie Dixon, 52, of Huntington, West Virginia, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers to Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, Fentanyl, and Crack Cocaine.
Following entering her guilty plea, Judge Chambers accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for April 13, 2026. At that time, Dixon faces a mandatory minimum of five years, and up to 20 years in federal prison, at least three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $1 million.
According to charging information and statements made in the District Court, on March 25, 2025, during an ongoing narcotics investigation, Law Enforcement Investigators executed a court-authorized search warrant on a detached garage structure on Dixon’s Huntington, West Virginia, residence.
During her plea allocution on Tuesday, Dixon admitted that she consented to an additional search of her bedroom in her residence. During the search, Investigators located and seized 37.1 grams of a substance containing fentanyl and 2.7 grams of crack cocaine in her bedroom. Investigators also found $18,984 in cash in her bedroom, in denominations consistent with street-level narcotics transactions.
Dixon further admitted that Investigators witnessed Dixon distributing a quantity of crack cocaine to an individual outside her residence when they arrived on March 25, 2025, to execute the court-authorized search warrant on the detached garage structure.
   U.S. Attorney Capito commended the investigative work of the Huntington Police Department and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, which led to Dixon’s guilty plea on Tuesday.
