Huntington felon and Charleston heroin dealer sentenced to prison for Federal crimes

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two men were sentenced today on federal charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Semaj Markes Leondre Figg, 24, of Huntington, was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. In a separate prosecution, Anthony Lamar Jordan Honeycutt, 35, of Charleston, was sentenced to two years and three months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin. 

Figg previously pleaded guilty in December 2015. He admitted that on April 29, 2015, he was arrested by members of the Huntington Police Department on a warrant for a parole violation. At the time of his arrest, officers found Figg in possession of a CZ Model 52, 7.62 x 25 caliber pistol. Figg was prohibited from possessing any firearm under federal law because of a 2014 felony conviction in Cabell County Circuit Court for conspiracy to deliver cocaine.

Honeycutt previously pleaded guilty in December 2015, and admitted that on December 16, 2014, drug task force officers working with the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team stopped him in downtown Charleston. Honeycutt was on his way to deliver heroin to a confidential informant working with law enforcement. Officers found Honeycutt in possession of approximately 42 grams of heroin at the time of his arrest.

The Huntington Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the investigation of Figg. Assistant United States Attorney Timothy D. Boggess handled the prosecution of Figg. The investigation of Honeycutt was conducted by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team. Assistant United States Attorney Joshua Hanks is in charge of the prosecution of Honeycutt. Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed the sentences.

The prosecution of Figg is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in the United States by working with existing local programs that target gun crime.

The Honeycutt case was brought 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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