CHARLESTON, W.Va., March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Pittsburgh Field Office issued the following press release:
James Evans Hughes, 51, of Sumerco, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 28, 2018, Hughes sold a quantity of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in the South Charleston area of Kanawha County. Hughes admitted to that transaction and further admitted to selling methamphetamine to the confidential informant on seven other occasions between July 2018 and November 2018.
Hughes is scheduled to be sentenced on June 11, 2024, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, at least three years of...