South Charleston Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charges

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A South Charleston man pled guilty to distribution of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of pure methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Jason Haddox, 35, entered his guilty plea before United States District Judge Irene C. Berger on December 19, 2018.  Police investigators believe that Haddox and his girlfriend, co-defendant Mary Haynes, were prominent ice methamphetamine traffickers, distributing at least 20 ounces of methamphetamine per month throughout the Kanawha Valley.  Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT), the Nitro Police Department, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, and the South Charleston Police Department.

“A tremendous amount of meth is being distributed throughout the Kanawha Valley,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  “Area law enforcement agencies are working tirelessly to identify meth dealers and my team is committed to prosecuting the peddlers of this poison.”

On April 4, 2017, police investigators used a confidential informant to purchase a quarter ounce of methamphetamine from Haynes in South Charleston.  Haddox supplied Haynes with the methamphetamine.  Investigators then executed a search warrant on Haddox’s South Charleston residence on April 7, 2017, where they recovered over two ounces of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and thousands of dollars of drug trafficking proceeds.

Haddox will be sentenced on April 3, 2019.  He faces a mandatory minimum of ten years in prison and up to life imprisonment.  Assistant United States Attorney Drew Inman is handling the prosecution.

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