CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Detroit man pleaded guilty Monday, June 30, 2025, to three counts of fentanyl distribution in West Virginia, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Rafael Cee-Erwin Solomon, 43, also known as “Rip,” admitted in court to selling fentanyl in Dunbar on March 10, 2025, and in St. Albans on March 24 and March 27, 2025.
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Solomon has a prior conviction for conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, stemming from a 2012 federal case in the same district.
He also has prior convictions for assault and battery-domestic violence, malicious destruction of property, arson, and felonious assault…