A Charleston man was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for illegal firearm possession and drug charges, according to U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin.
According to a press release, "Tre's "Trey" Davis, 23, of Charleston, previously pleaded guilty in April to being a felon in possession of a firearm and distributing crack cocaine.
On December 12, 2011, the Huntington Police Department responded to a shooting incident that took place at the Marathon Gas station located on 16th Street in Huntington. Following the shooting incident, officers stopped the defendant's vehicle along I-64 in Cabell County. At the time of the traffic stop, officers discovered a .40 caliber firearm and shell casings inside the defendant's vehicle. Davis was subsequently taken into custody and admitted that he shot Mr. Mark King and fled the scene.
Davis was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a 2009 domestic battery conviction in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. Davis also admitted that following the shooting, he sold crack cocaine on multiple occasions to an informant in January on Charleston's West Side.
Also on Monday, Darlene D. Smith, 42, of Charleston, was sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine. Smith previously pleaded guilty in March. She admitted that from July 2011 through October 2011, she participated in a conspiracy with other known individuals to distribute crack cocaine.
Smith also admitted that on October 5 and October 19, 2011, she sold crack cocaine to a confidential informant working at the direction of the Charleston Police Department's Special Enforcement Unit.
Both matters were prosecuted as part of the Charleston area's Drug Market Intervention (DMI) initiative. The DMI initiative was launched in February 2012 by Charleston Police Chief Brent Webster and U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, in collaboration with Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Plants, other federal, state, local law enforcement agencies and leaders representing several West Side community development organizations. The DMI initiative was initiated in Charleston as a strategic problem-solving effort aimed at closing down open-air drug markets that breed crimes of violence and disorder.
The Charleston Police Department conducted the investigations. Special Assistant United States Attorney Maryclaire Akers handled the prosecutions.
The Davis matter was also brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in the United States by networking existing local programs targeting gun crime."
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