West Virginia Residents Admit to Drug Trafficking

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Three West Virginia residents have admitted to methamphetamine trafficking in the Northern District of West Virginia.

In separate cases, Richard Emery Delphey, 52, of Elkins, West Virginia; Michele Charisse Stewart, 47, of Hillsboro, West Virginia; and Lacrisha Leslie Lamb, 43, of Belington, West Virginia, each pled guilty to the distribution of methamphetamine. According to the court documents, Delphey, Stewart, and Lamb were each selling methamphetamine in Barbour, Randolph, and Pocahontas Counties.

Delphey, Stewart, and Lamb each face up to 20 years in federal prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Warner is prosecuting the cases on behalf of the government.

The cases were investigated by the Mountain Region Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the West Virginia State Police.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael John Aloi presided.