CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Two Charleston drug dealers entered guilty pleas today in federal court, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Dushawn D. Williams, 39, pleaded guilty to distribution of crack. In a separate prosecution, Alan Alexander Clark, 33, pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin.
Williams admitted that on July 24, 2015, he sold approximately an ounce of crack to a confidential informant working with law enforcement in exchange for $1,600. The drug deal occurred in the parking lot of the Dollar General store in Cross Lanes. Williams faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced on July 13, 2016.
In a separate drug prosecution, Clark admitted that on July 29, 2015, he sold approximately half a gram of heroin to a confidential informant. The drug deal took place at the Rite Aid Pharmacy at 406 Washington Street, West, in Charleston. Clark faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced on July 5, 2016.
The investigations of Williams and Clark were conducted by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team. Assistant United States Attorney John J. Frail is in charge of the prosecution of Williams. The Williams plea hearing was held before United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston. Assistant United States Attorney Clint Carte is handling the prosecution of Clark. The Clark plea hearing was held before United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr.
These cases were prosecuted as part of an ongoing effort led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia to combat illegal drugs in our communities, including 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 other drugs in communities across the Southern District.
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