HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Three men who conspired to distributed heroin in 2014 and 2015 were sentenced today in federal court, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Cordell Lopasker McCarrall, Jr., 22, of Detroit, was sentenced to three years and a month in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin. Roger Lee Black, 34, of Barboursville, was sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison for distribution of heroin. Alan R. Nolan, 36, of Chesapeake, Ohio, was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for distribution of heroin.
From November 2014 to April 2015, McCarrall, Black, and Nolan conspired to distribute heroin in the Huntington area. McCarrall frequently supplied heroin to Black during this time period. Black would distribute the heroin with the assistance of Nolan. On February 26, 2015, a confidential informant working at the direction of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) contacted Black to arrange the purchase of heroin. Black met the informant and drove the informant to Black’s residence located at 21 Vincent Street in Barboursville. Inside the residence, Black distributed approximately 10 grams of heroin to the informant in exchange for $1,200.
On March 3, 2015, a confidential informant again contacted Black to arrange another drug deal. Black and Nolan met the informant in the parking lot of a car dealership near Hal Greer Boulevard in Huntington, where Nolan distributed approximately 10 grams of heroin to the informant in exchange for $1,200.
On April 2, 2015, law enforcement executed a search warrant at a residence located at 2017 9th Avenue in Huntington. During the execution of the warrant, McCarrall ran from the residence and was quickly caught. As a result of the search, law enforcement discovered approximately 90 grams of heroin, $6,700 in cash, paraphernalia used to distribute heroin, and a magnetic concealment box commonly used to transport heroin. McCarrall admitted that he possessed and intended to sell the heroin seized from the residence.
All three men admitted that they were responsible for distributing up to 700 grams of heroin during the conspiracy. Black also admitted that he possessed multiple firearms during the conspiracy.
The DEA Task Force and the West Virginia State Police conducted the investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Joseph F. Adams handled the prosecutions. Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed the sentences.
This case was prosecuted 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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