Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime (DOJ)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Willie Davis McCall III, also known as "Primo" and "Ill Will," 42, of Warren, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 30, 2025, McCall sold approximately 55.53 grams of a substance containing fentanyl to a confidential informant while in a parked vehicle in Charleston. As part of his guilty plea, McCall admitted that he conducted the transaction, that he was previously convicted of a serious drug offense, distribution of methamphetamine, in United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, on July 26, 2017, and that he was sentenced to more than one year in prison for that prior conviction.

McCall further admitted that he distributed or possessed with the intent to distribute between 400 grams and 1.2 kilograms of fentanyl from in or about April 2025 through in or about June 2025. The distributions included the sale of approximately 55.40 grams of fentanyl on April 3, 2025, and of approximately 55.57 grams of fentanyl on June 11, 2025, each time to a confidential informant in Charleston.

On June 17, 2025, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at the Charleston residence where McCall was living and seized from his bedroom closet approximately 322.16 grams of fentanyl found in six bags and $5,557. McCall admitted that he planned to distribute the seized fentanyl in and around the Southern District of West Virginia, and that the seized cash was drug proceeds.

McCall is scheduled to be sentenced on September 24, 2026, and faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison, at least eight years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of up to $8 million.

United States Attorney Moore Capito made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Charleston Police Department.

United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney Lesley C. Shamblin is prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. Related court documents and information can be found on PACERLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. by searching for Case No. 2:25-cr-192.

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