Wayne County, WV woman pleads guilty to drug charges

A Wayne County, West Virginia woman faces up to 20 years behind bars after investigators say she was supplying Ecstasy to an alleged drug dealer's organization.

Ariell Varney, 23, of Wayne, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to possession with intent to deliver MDMA, also known as Ecstasy.

Investigators say Varney was pulled over for a traffic violation in November 2013 in the 600 block of 8th Street in Huntington.

During the stop, investigators say a Huntington Police Department drug dog gave a positive alert on the truck on Varney's car. Inside the vehicle, they found a pill bottle contained an empty capsule and a similar capsule that contained a substance that tested positive for MDMA. They say there were also eight other tablets without markings in the bottle.

Varney was being investigated at the time by the DEA for her connection to Kenneth Dewitt Newman, also known as "K-Kutta".

Newman and 14 others were charged with various drug trafficking offenses in the Huntington area.

Investigators say Varney was living in Miami, Florida during the investigation. Investigators say she is believed to have been a supplier to Newman's organization.

In addition to Ecstasy, investigators say that Newman's organization was responsible for selling cocaine, heroin, prescription pills, marijuana, and crack cocaine.

Along with a prison sentence, Varney also faces $1 million fine when she is sentenced in August.