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Oak Hill Man Sentenced to at Least 16 Years Over Plan to Sell Fentanyl

WOAY reports Clayton Prunest was sentenced after arrests stemming from a 2025 traffic stop and a subsequent March arrest.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 15, 2026, 1:48 a.m. ET
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Clayton Prunest, of Oak Hill, has been to in a case involving plans to sell fentanyl, according to WOAY. WOAY reported that the government said Prunest planned to sell fentanyl, and that he was arrested following a 2025 traffic stop in which police found fentanyl, heroin, ketamine and methamphetamine in his car, along with $2,600 in cash. According to the outlet, he was arrested again in March after police found methamphetamine, scales and drug packaging in a car he was in with two other people. WOAY's report does not identify the court that imposed the sentence, the date of sentencing, or whether Prunest was convicted at trial or entered a plea. It includes no statement from Prunest or a defense attorney. This account rests on that single report and remains developing.

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