Lincoln County Grandfather And Grandson Plead Guilty To Oxycodone Charges

Charleston, W.Va. – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Wallace Lee Adkins, 81, and Timothy J. Harvey, 30, both of West Hamlin, West Virginia, entered guilty pleas today to aiding and abetting the distribution of oxycodone.  Adkins and Harvey admitted that on March 26, 2013, they sold oxycodone to an individual inside Adkins’ West Hamlin home.  Unbeknownst to Adkins and Harvey, the individual was a confidential informant working with law enforcement.   The confidential informant went to Adkins’ residence that day and asked Adkins for 5 oxycodone 30 mg pills.  Adkins told Harvey to take care of the order.  Harvey took a pill bottle from Adkins’ shirt, removed five oxycodone pills and sold them to the confidential informant for $200.00. 

Adkins and Harvey face up to 20 years’ imprisonment when they are sentenced on September 9, 2014 by United States District Court Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr.

The case was investigated by the Huntington Drug Task Force and the West Virginia State Police.  Assistant United States Attorney Monica D. Coleman is handling the prosecution.   

This case is being prosecuted as part of an ongoing effort led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia to combat the illicit sale and misuse of prescription drugs and heroin.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office, joined by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, is committed to aggressively pursuing and shutting down illegal pill trafficking, eliminating open air drug markets, and curtailing the spread of opiate painkillers and heroin in communities across the Southern District.