By Staff reports
A Huntington man who assisted in the distribution of prescription pills on multiple occasions in July 2014 was given five years of probation, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin's office.
Eric Lawrence Silverstein, 39, had pleaded guilty in federal court in Huntington in January to distributing oxymorphone, Goodwin said in the release.
On July 25, 2014, Silverstein drove a confidential informant to the 1400 block of 4th Avenue in Huntington where he arranged for the informant to receive 10 oxymorphone pills in exchange for $600. Silverstein was paid $100 for setting up the drug deal.
Silverstein also arranged the sale of 8 oxymorphone pills with an informant on July 28, 2014, in Huntington.