The leader of an alleged drug ring
in Huntington will be sentenced in August for
selling cocaine, oxycodone, heroin, MDMA and marijuana out of a Cabell County
Kenneth Dewitt Newman, also known
as “K-Kutta,” 32, of Huntington , plead guilty Tuesday
in U.S. District Court in Huntington
He faces up to 20 years in prison
and a $1 million fine when he’s sentenced on Aug. 25.
Federal prosecutors said Newman
lead a drug ring that involved more than a dozen others — including his mother
and brother. All of his alleged associates have now been indicted for
their various alleged roles in the ring that centered on Newman’s Artisan Ave.
The arrests were the results of an
investigation from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Metropolitan Drug
Enforcement Network Team and the Huntington Police Department.
