Charleston Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

CHARLESTON, W.VA. – A  Charleston man pled guilty to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Shanton E. Penn, 27, pled guilty to distributing over 20 grams of methamphetamine.   The investigation was conducted by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Team (MDENT) and the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department.  

“We’re prosecuting meth dealer after meth dealer,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  “We are 100 percent committed to ridding our communities of poison peddlers.”

On August 14, 2018 and August 20, 2018, a confidential informant working for MDENT purchased a quantity of methamphetamine from Penn.   Penn admitted that he sold the methamphetamine to the confidential informant for $300 and $375.

Penn faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on August 8, 2019.

Senior United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. presided over the plea hearing.  Assistant United States Attorney Chris Arthur is handling the prosecution.  

SDWVNews and USAttyStuart
 
 

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