BECKLEY, W.Va. – A Beckley man pleaded guilty to his role in a drug trafficking organization, the Department of Justice announced.
According to court documents and statements made in court, 46-year-old Ronald Lavaughn Mason, of Beckley, participated in a drug trafficking organization in April and May of 2024, and worked with other people to distribute fentanyl and crack in and around Beckley. The Department of Justice said Mason admitted that he supplied others with controlled substances that they would then redistribute.
Mason also admitted to delivering the controlled substances to those people, and other times they would go to his house in Beckley.
The Department of Justice said on April 9 Mason sold co-defendant Tilford Joe Bradley Jr. a half-ounce of controlled substances while they were in Mason’s vehicle in Beaver. Mason admitted that law enforcement officers conducting surveillance saw him meet Bradley for the transaction, and that he knew Bradley intended to redistribute the controlled substances, the Department of Justice said.
On May 30, officers executed a search warrant at Mason’s house and seized 541 grams of cocaine, 381 grams of fentanyl, and $10,293, according to the Department of Justice. Mason admitted that he possessed the seized controlled substances and planned to distribute them.
The Department of Justice said Mason is scheduled to be sentenced on February 14, 2025 and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, at least three years of supervised release, and a one million dollar fine.
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