Huntington landlord pleads guilty to distributing drugs

A Huntington landlord could spend up to two decades in prison when sentenced for distributing drugs.

Jerry A. Lowe, 46, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to distribution of a quantity of oxycodone.

Lowe admitted in court to selling three 30-milligram oxycodone tablets in exchange for $90. he also admitted to receiving an additional $210 from a prior drug related debt.

Lowe was the former landlord of convicted felons Rafael Cee-Erwin Solomon, 31, of Detroit and Shawna Danielle Lee, 26, of Huntington. Lowe admitted to accepting heroin or prescription painkillers from the tenants as payment for monthly rent expenses.

Solomon was previously sentenced to 11 years and three months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, oxycodone, and oxymorphone in December.

Lowe faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced on June 24.