Bluefield男子认罪：家中搜出443克冰毒 量刑定于2027年3月
美国司法部西弗吉尼亚南区联邦检察官办公室宣布，位于西弗吉尼亚州 Mercer County 的 Bluefield 居民 Devon Basil Blankenship（28岁）于10月20日承认一项持有意图分销5克以上冰毒的联邦毒品罪名。
根据法庭文件与庭上陈述，2023年6月13日，执法人员搜查 Blankenship 的住所，查获443克冰毒。Blankenship 在认罪时承认，这批冰毒由他持有并意图分销。
Blankenship 定于2027年3月8日量刑，面临最低5年、最高40年监禁，刑满后至少4年监督释放，以及最高500万美元罚款。同案被告 Landon Joseph Cartwright（23岁，Bluefield）已于2026年4月13日因协助分销冰毒被判处1年6个月监禁，其后3年监督释放。联邦检察官 Moore Capito 公布认罪消息，此案由联邦调查局 FBI 与南方地区毒品与暴力犯罪任务部队调查，高级联邦地区法官 David A. Faber 主持认罪听证，助理联邦检察官 Brian D. Parsons 负责起诉。
Bluefield Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia announced that Devon Basil Blankenship, 28, of Bluefield, West Virginia, pleaded guilty on October 20, 2026, to possession with the intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 13, 2023, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Blankenship's residence and seized 443 grams of methamphetamine. As part of his guilty plea, Blankenship admitted that he possessed the seized methamphetamine and intended to distribute it.
Blankenship is scheduled to be sentenced on March 8, 2027, and faces a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 40 years in prison, at least four years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $5 million. Co-defendant Landon Joseph Cartwright, 23, of Bluefield, was sentenced on April 13, 2026, to one year and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine. United States Attorney Moore Capito made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the FBI and the Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force. Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber presided over the hearing, and Assistant United States Attorney Brian D. Parsons is prosecuting the case.
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