Charleston man pleads guilty in Federal court to crack and heroin distribution

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Anton R. Courts, 40, of Charleston, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston to distribution of both crack and heroin, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Courts admitted to selling quantities of cocaine base, also known as “crack,” and heroin in April 2015 to a confidential informant working with law enforcement. The drug deals took place in the Wertz Avenue area of Charleston. Courts faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1,000,000 fine when he is sentenced on February 18, 2016.

The investigation was conducted by the Charleston Police Department’s Special Enforcement Unit.

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.

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