Two drug dealers plead guilty to distributing pain pills

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Two men pleaded guilty today to federal drug crimes, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Willie Keaton Goodson III, 22, of Ronceverte, entered his guilty plea to distribution of oxymorphone. In a separate prosecution, David Pfost, 31, of Beckley, pleaded guilty to distributing oxycodone.

Goodson admitted that on October 22, 2015, he distributed oxymorphone pills at his Ronceverte residence to a confidential informant working with law enforcement. During the course of the investigation, authorities seized large quantities of oxymorphone, oxycodone, and heroin. Goodson also agreed to the forfeiture of approximately $103,000 seized by law enforcement. Goodson further admitted that he made the money from selling drugs. The forfeiture proceeding is pending in Greenbrier County Circuit Court. Goodson faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced on June 30, 2016.

In a separate drug prosecution, Pfost admitted that on February 11, 2015, he distributed oxycodone to a confidential informant working with law enforcement. The drug deal took place on Washington Street in Beckley. Pfost faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced on June 30, 2016. 

The investigation of Goodson was conducted by the Greenbrier Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force. The Beckley/Raleigh County Drug and Violent Crime Unit conducted the investigation of Pfost. The plea hearings were held before United States District Judge Irene C. Berger. 

The Goodson case was prosecuted as part of the Greenbrier Valley Heroin and Pill Initiative. Both of these prosecutions were 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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