HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Milton man caught with a
heroin/fentanyl mixture that he intended to sell earlier this year pled guilty
yesterday to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike
Stuart. Jeremy A. Kinder, 39, entered a
guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute heroin in federal court in
Huntington. Stuart commended the
investigative efforts of the Huntington FBI Drug Task Force and the Cabell
County Sheriff’s Department.
“Fentanyl is deadly,” said United States Mike Stuart. “And it’s being mixed with numerous illicit
drugs, not just heroin. We are doing
everything within our power to reduce overdose deaths – including prosecuting
every readily provable fentanyl case in Cabell County as part of Operation
Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.).”
On April 4, 2018, investigators executed a search warrant at
Kinder’s residence located at 1113 Amos Street in Milton. Kinder was in his residence during the search
and investigators found 29 grams of heroin in Kinder’s pocket. Investigators also found over $6,600 in cash
and digital scales used to weigh heroin in Kinder’s residence. Kinder admitted that he intended to sell the
heroin in the Milton area. Kinder also
admitted that he had been distributing heroin in the Milton area over the
previous four-month period and that he was responsible for the distribution of
up to 400 grams of heroin. The heroin
seized during the search was tested by a chemist with the West Virginia State
Police Laboratory and was found to also contain fentanyl, a powerful opiate
painkiller.
Kinder faces up to 20 years in federal prison when he is
sentenced on March 18, 2019.
Assistant United States Attorney Joseph F. Adams is handling
the prosecution. The plea hearing was
held before United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers.
This case is being prosecuted as part of Operation Synthetic
Opioid Surge (S.O.S.), a focused enforcement effort that seeks to reduce the
supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas.
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