Three residents of Raleigh County have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine, fentanyl, and crack cocaine in Beckley and other areas within the Southern District of West Virginia.
Tilford Joe Bradley Jr., aged 47 from Beckley, received a sentence of 12 years and seven months for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Heather Danielle Dunbar, 38, from Terry, was sentenced to five years for distributing methamphetamine. Kevin Wray Terrell, 39, also from Beckley, was sentenced to eight years and four months for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and violating supervised release. Each will serve three years of supervised release following their prison terms.
The three were among twelve individuals indicted on charges related to the drug trafficking organization operating between June 2023 and May 2024. All defendants pleaded guilty.
Court documents revealed Bradley’s involvement in arranging multiple drug transactions as part of the conspiracy. On June 28, 2023, investigators found drugs at Bradley’s residence where Dunbar was staying. Items seized included fentanyl, cocaine, digital scales, a money counter, plastic bags, and a blender with white residue. Dunbar admitted her role in helping distribute these substances.
Dunbar also confessed to selling methamphetamine on several occasions in October and December 2023 to a confidential informant. She further admitted collaborating with Bradley in distributing drugs during April and May 2024.
In another incident on May 6, 2024, law enforcement stopped a vehicle with Bradley as a passenger. They discovered two ounces of methamphetamine hidden inside the vehicle along with firearms.
Terrell acknowledged conspiring to distribute controlled substances in April and May 2024 as part of the organization. Officers found fentanyl at his residence during a search on May 30th.
At the time of his offense, Terrell was serving supervised release after being convicted for firearm possession by a felon in July 2015. His current sentence includes additional time for committing crimes while under supervision.
Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston praised the investigative efforts of various federal agencies including the FBI; ATF; Beckley/Raleigh County Drug Unit consisting state police; county sheriff’s department; city police department alongside Chief United States District Judge Frank W Volk who imposed sentences upon them prosecuted by Assistant Attorneys Timothy D Boggess Brian Parsons Andrew Isabell formerly involved too contributing towards Department Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) mission aimed targeting major traffickers reducing threats posed nationally through collaboration resources expertise federal local levels effectively dismantling serious criminal networks identified public safety economic security concerns across nation today remains ongoing priority US Attorney Office Southern District West Virginia available online detailed case info accessible via PACER system Case No:5:24-cr-90
