by MATTHEW SCHAFFER
Thu, October 3rd 2024 at 6:07 PM
Updated Thu, October 3rd 2024 at 6:31 PM
p A Charleston man was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison on Thursday after being found guilty of conspiracy to distribute drugs and admitting his role in a drug trafficking organization, prosecutors said. (Sinclair Broadcast Group) /p
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A Charleston man was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison on Thursday after being found guilty of conspiracy to distribute drugs and admitting his role in a drug trafficking organization, prosecutors said.
Karl Lamont Funderburk, 38, was charged after he conspired with several people to distribute more than 50 grams of a mixture and substance that contained methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl by using runners to sell to individuals while living in Charleston from Nov. 2022 to March 2023, according to the United State Attorney’s Office, Southern District of West Virginia.
Court records said that in total, Funderburk was responsible for 3 kilograms of methamphetamine, 700 grams of cocaine and over 100 grams of heroin or fentanyl with the crimes taking place whilst he was on supervised release on firearm and drug charges from 2018.
Upon his release from his over 13 year prison sentence, Funderburk will also serve four years of supervised release.
Funderburk is the latest of 32 people to be indicted as a result of a major West Virginia drug trafficking investigation.