CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Chesapeake man pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to conspiring to distribute oxycodone, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Ronnie Lee Adams, 52, admitted that he tried to buy 200 80-milligram OxyContin tablets from an undercover officer, the news release states. Agents seized more than $9,000 at Adams' home when they arrested him, according to the release.

The investigation into Adams' drug dealing revealed that he began selling his mother's pain medication in 2006. Adams admitted that he conspired with others to obtain and distribute 100 pills a week and that he had earned $20,000 selling the pills, the release states.

Adams agreed to forfeit $10,000 in cash instead of losing his home, where most of the drug deals happened, the release states.

Adams faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin on July 16.

In other federal court news, a Huntington woman pleaded guilty in to conspiracy to distribute heroin.

Tammy Gail Eagle, 39, admitted that she brought black tar heroin from Columbus, Ohio, to West Virginia, where she and others conspired to sell the drugs in the Huntington area, the news release states.

Eagle faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers on Aug. 3.

In a separate case, a Wayne County man pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the theft of mail.

Matthew Pennington, 28, of Genoa, admitted that he and Edward Junior Jackson disabled a truck carrying mail on U.S. 52 in Prichard on Oct. 25, 2008, according to the release. The two took four mailbags containing almost $14,000, the release states.

Pennington faces up to five years in prison when sentenced by Chambers on Aug. 3. Jackson, who is to be sentenced on May 26, also faces up to five years in prison.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Chesapeake man pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to conspiring to distribute oxycodone, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Ronnie Lee Adams, 52, admitted that he tried to buy 200 80-milligram OxyContin tablets from an undercover officer, the news release states. Agents seized more than $9,000 at Adams' home when they arrested him, according to the release.

The investigation into Adams' drug dealing revealed that he began selling his mother's pain medication in 2006. Adams admitted that he conspired with others to obtain and distribute 100 pills a week and that he had earned $20,000 selling the pills, the release states.

Adams agreed to forfeit $10,000 in cash instead of losing his home, where most of the drug deals happened, the release states.

Adams faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin on July 16.

In other federal court news, a Huntington woman pleaded guilty in to conspiracy to distribute heroin.

Tammy Gail Eagle, 39, admitted that she brought black tar heroin from Columbus, Ohio, to West Virginia, where she and others conspired to sell the drugs in the Huntington area, the news release states.

Eagle faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers on Aug. 3.

In a separate case, a Wayne County man pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the theft of mail.

Matthew Pennington, 28, of Genoa, admitted that he and Edward Junior Jackson disabled a truck carrying mail on U.S. 52 in Prichard on Oct. 25, 2008, according to the release. The two took four mailbags containing almost $14,000, the release states.

Pennington faces up to five years in prison when sentenced by Chambers on Aug. 3. Jackson, who is to be sentenced on May 26, also faces up to five years in prison.