Huntington Man Admits Guilty To Selling Methamphetamine In 2023

Thursday, September 5, 2024, 10:15 A.M. ET. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

CHARLESTON, W.VA.- U.S. Attorney Will Thompson reported on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, Clarence Montana Walls, 38, of Huntington, West Virginia, appeared in U.S District Court for the Southern District West Virginia and pleaded guilty to one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine.

     According to documents filed with the court on October 11, 2023, Walls sold a controlled dangerous substance containing methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Richwood while law enforcement was conducting an undercover narcotics investigation.

     Walls pleaded guilty before Chief United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston, who accepted his guilty plea and scheduled Walls to be sentenced on January 16, 2024. At that time, Walls faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and up to a $1 million fine.

     U.S. Attorney Thompson commended the investigative efforts of the Central West Virginia Task Force for the investigation, arrest, and guilty plea.