HUNTINGTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Huntington woman pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to a drug distribution charge stemming from an investigation into drug trafficking in the Huntington area.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Erin Leigh Keeney, 41, of Huntington, pleaded guilty Monday to distribution of carfentanil. The charge is tied to a controlled drug transaction that occurred on March 24, 2025.
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Prosecutors said Keeney sold approximately one gram of suspected fentanyl to a confidential informant in Huntington in exchange for $100.
As part of her guilty plea, Keeney admitted to carrying out the transaction and acknowledged telling the confidential informant that she had a gun for sale.
Keeney was indicted by a federal grand jury along with Earl Michael “Mike” Myers, Joe Sidney Cross, and Maurice Kelly Johnson, also known as “Reese,” all of Huntington.
The indictment alleges the group conspired to distribute fentanyl, cocaine base, and methamphetamine in the Huntington area from at least March 2025 through August 2025. The cases against Cross and Johnson remain pending.
Two additional individuals were indicted separately as part of the same investigation, including Donovan Dewayne Pauley, 20, of Huntington, who pleaded guilty on Oct. 27, 2025, to possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun. Pauley is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 9, 2026.
Keeney is scheduled to be sentenced on March 30, 2026. She faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, at least three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $1 million.
United States Attorney Moore Capito announced the case and credited the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Huntington Police Department, and the Huntington Violent Crime and Drug Task Force for their investigative work.
United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers presided over the hearing, and Assistant United States Attorney Stephanie Taylor is prosecuting the case.
An indictment is an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
