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Fayette Co. man sentenced for selling prescription drugs

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Herman Ray Armstrong, 53, of Scarbro, West Virginia, was sentenced Friday by Chief United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin to 30 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for distribution of oxycodone. Armstrong previously pled guilty on August 17, 2009, admitting that he had distributed 65 OxyContin 80 milligram tablets in exchange for $4,225 in cash to a confidential informant working under the direction of the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT).

The investigation revealed that Armstrong worked as a "middle-man" by facilitating deals between his sources of supply and drug users in the Paint Creek area of Kanawha County. In exchange, Armstrong would receive quantities of pills and cash. On June 5, 2008, Armstrong coordinated a drug deal between his two sources of supply and the confidential informant. The deal took place at the Paint Creek fishing pier. The participants were arrested by law enforcement soon after the deal was completed. Upon arrest, task force agents located all of the pre-recorded buy money used in the controlled drug deal on Armstrong's person. Subsequently, Armstrong admitted to acting as a middle-man on several prior occasions. At sentencing, the Court considered Armstrong's two prior felony drug trafficking convictions and sentenced him to 30 months in prison.