Princeton drug dealer pleads guilty to federal heroin crime

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Princeton heroin dealer pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Terrance Raheem Simmons, 41, entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin.

Simmons admitted that on April 20, 2017, he sold heroin to a confidential informant working with law enforcement. The drug deal took place in Princeton.

Simmons faces up to 20 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on October 31, 2017.

The case was investigated by the Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force. Assistant United States Attorney John L. File is responsible for the prosecution. The plea hearing was held before Senior United States District David A. Faber.

This prosecution is 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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