Lewisburg felon sentenced for illegally possessing pain pills

BECKLEY, W.Va. – Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto announced that a Lewisburg man was sentenced today to a year and nine months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone. Miles Gregory, 42, previously pleaded guilty to the federal drug charge in November of 2015.   

Gregory admitted that on July 2, 2015, he was carrying 279 hydrocodone pills and 25 oxycodone pills in his vehicle. Law enforcement discovered the drugs in Gregory’s car during a traffic stop near Lewisburg. Gregory was also sentenced today to two years in federal prison for possessing the drugs while he was on supervised release after he served a prison sentence for a 2010 felony conviction for possession with intent to distribute crack. The sentences were ordered to be served consecutively. 

The case was investigated by the Greenbrier Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, the West Virginia State Police, and the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Department. Assistant United States Attorney John File handled the prosecution. United States District Judge Irene C. Berger imposed the sentences.

This prosecution was brought as part of the Greenbrier Valley Heroin and Pill Initiative, 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 drug trafficking, eliminating open air drug markets, and curtailing the spread of opiate painkillers in communities across the Southern District. 

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