BECKLEY, West Virginia, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Ronald Lavaughn Mason, 46, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base, also known as "crack." Mason admitted to his major role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine base, also known as "crack," in Beckley and elsewhere within the Southern District of W  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Sarah J. Ward, 41, of St. Albans, was sentenced to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Ward and her husband Timothy A. Ward admitted that they distributed methamphetamine or aided and abetted   more