HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A Cabell County man will serve six years in federal prison after selling fentanyl to a confidential informant and possessing a dangerous synthetic opioid, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
Beecher Lee Shuler, 43, of Huntington, was sentenced to 72 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for distributing fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia.
In June 2023, Shuler sold over three grams of fentanyl to an informant at his Huntington residence. A month later, law enforcement executed a search warrant at his home and uncovered a trove of illegal substances and firearms.
Authorities seized cocaine, oxycodone, six firearms, $1,111 in cash, and more than 3,787 tablets containing protoniazene, a synthetic opioid that prosecutors described as “more dangerous and deadly than fentanyl.” The total weight of the tablets exceeded 800 grams.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI with assistance from the Cabell County Sheriff’s Office.
