Score:   1
Docket Number:   SD-WV  2:19-cr-00099
Case Name:   United States of America v. Coleman
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A South Charleston man was sentenced to prison on a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Willie James Coleman, 55, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base, which will be followed by 72 months of supervised release. 

“We’re not seeing too much crack cocaine in the area, but we occasionally still come across a crack dealer like Coleman,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  “We prosecute crack dealers just like we do any other peddler of illegal drugs.  This crack dealer will get more than three years inside because of his choice to be a drug dealer.”

Coleman previously admitted that on January 31, 2019, officers executed a search warrant on his home in South Charleston.  During the search, officers recovered the following: a pill bottle containing multiple pieces of “crack” cocaine; two clear plastic bags containing “crack” cocaine from two safes; a loaded .25 caliber pistol; digital scales; and a drug ledger. 

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted the investigation.   United States District Judge Irene C. Berger presided over the hearing.  Former Assistant United States Attorney Drew Inman and Assistant United States Attorney L. Alexander Hamner handled the prosecution.

 

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A man from South Charleston, West Virginia, pled guilty to a federal drug trafficking offense today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Willie James Coleman, 55, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, also known as “crack,” before United States District Judge Irene C. Berger.  Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

“As I’ve said, crack is back,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  “Fentanyl dealers, heroin dealers, meth dealers, crack dealers. We prosecute all drug dealers.  We’re tough on all drug dealers.”

Police investigators used a confidential informant to accomplish three undercover purchases of cocaine base from Coleman on December 17, 2018; January 9, 2019; and January 18, 2019.  On January 31, 2019, Coleman was driving south on Interstate 77 in Jackson County, West Virginia, returning to his house in South Charleston after purchasing approximately four ounces of cocaine from his supplier in Cleveland, Ohio.  Investigators stopped Coleman’s vehicle after he almost struck another vehicle on the interstate.  Coleman’s passenger gave up the cocaine to investigators.

Investigators then executed a search warrant at Coleman’s house and recovered a stash of several grams of cocaine base in a safe and items used for manufacturing cocaine base out of cocaine powder.  Investigators also found a gun under a pillow on Coleman’s bed.

Coleman faces up to 30 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on November 20, 2019.  Assistant United States Attorney Drew O. Inman is handling the prosecution.

 

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Docket (0 Docs):   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14hioMNXyhltztQWTagqMmrbB0UYCiVlp6768prZe7ZE
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Description: The fiscal year of the data file obtained from the AOUSC
Format: YYYY

Description: The code of the federal judicial circuit where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: The code of the federal judicial district where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: The code of the district office where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: Docket number assigned by the district to the case
Format: A7

Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which cannot be modified by the court
Format: A3

Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which can be modified by the court
Format: A3

Description: A sequential number indicating whether a case is an original proceeding or a reopen
Format: N5

Description: Case type associated with the current defendant record
Format: A2

Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, defendant number, and reopen sequence number
Format: A18

Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, and reopen sequence number
Format: A15

Description: The status of the defendant as assigned by the AOUSC
Format: A2

Description: A code indicating the fugitive status of a defendant
Format: A1

Description: The date upon which a defendant became a fugitive
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which a fugitive defendant was taken into custody
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date when a case was first docketed in the district court
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which proceedings in a case commenced on charges pending in the district court where the defendant appeared, or the date of the defendant’s felony-waiver of indictment
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: A code used to identify the nature of the proceeding
Format: N2

Description: The date when a defendant first appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: A code indicating the event by which a defendant appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: A2

Description: A code indicating the type of legal counsel assigned to a defendant
Format: N2

Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the highest severity
Format: A20

Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE1
Format: N2

Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4

Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4

Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE1
Format: A3

Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the second highest severity
Format: A20

Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE2
Format: N2

Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4

Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4

Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE2
Format: A3

Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the third highest severity
Format: A20

Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE3
Format: N2

Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE3
Format: A4

Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE3
Format: A4

Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE3
Format: A3

Description: The FIPS code used to indicate the county or parish where an offense was committed
Format: A5

Description: The date of the last action taken on the record
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which judicial proceedings before the court concluded
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which the final sentence is recorded on the docket
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which the case was closed
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The total fine imposed at sentencing for all offenses of which the defendant was convicted and a fine was imposed
Format: N8

Description: A count of defendants filed including inter-district transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants filed excluding inter-district transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of original proceedings commenced
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants filed whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated including interdistrict transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated excluding interdistrict transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of original proceedings terminated
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period including long term fugitives
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period excluding long term fugitives
Format: N1

Description: The source from which the data were loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: A10

Description: A sequential number indicating the iteration of the defendant record
Format: N2

Description: The date the record was loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: Statistical year ID label on data file obtained from the AOUSC which represents termination year
Format: YYYY

Data imported from FJC Integrated Database
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