HUNTINGTON -- A federal jury found one man guilty and another innocent Friday after a four-day drug conspiracy trial. The decision ends the trial phase of a case that led investigators to seize $105,000 in drugs and six firearms last year.

Jurors acquitted Kevin L. "KK" Robinson of Columbus, Ohio, but they decided upon a guilty verdict to convict co-defendant Jason P. "Biz" Belcher.

The verdict means Belcher faces up to life in prison for distributing and conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. Sentencing was set for July 6, after the verdict came back Friday afternoon.

Robinson and Belcher were two of six people named in the 10-count indictment last year. It led to an early-summer drug offensive where police made quick arrests in Rome Township, Ohio; Proctorville, Ohio; Huntington; and Hurricane, W.Va.

Four co-defendants -- Brandon B. "Britto" Fiske of Hurricane, W.Va.; Noah A. "Real" Flora of Huntington; Steven T. Hester of Ashland; and Leoditus A. "Leo" Smith of Columbus, Ohio -- entered separate guilty pleas to avoid trial. That led to Flora, Fiske and Hester testifying on the prosecution's behalf at this week's trial, according to court documents.

Court documents had stated the parties worked together to distribute heroin and crack cocaine in Huntington and elsewhere.

Robinson and Belcher both testified Thursday in their own defense.

Defense attorney Rich Weston said his client, Robinson, benefited from the lack of physical evidence. His was the only defendant not charged with actual distribution. That left prosecutors with the testimony of other convicts, who Weston alleged were most concerned with reducing their sentences.

"The jury saw all of the evidence and came to the right decision," Weston said. "He got up there and told the jury, 'Look I've done things in the past, but what I'm charged with here I did not do.'"

Robinson was the last of the six men to be arrested, when authorities took him into custody in September 2009 in Minnesota. He walked out of the federal courthouse Friday a free man, Weston said.

Authorities arrested Belcher on June 24, 2009, at a gasoline station in Rome Township, Ohio. The conspiracy charge states he and others conspired to distribute at least 50 grams of crack cocaine. The other count states Belcher distributed at least five grams of crack cocaine on Feb. 11, 2009, in Huntington.

Belcher's arrest coincided with raids at residences in Proctorville and Chesapeake in Ohio, along with Huntington's Altizer neighborhood. Authorities reported at the time they had seized more than $105,000 in drugs, six firearms and $6,800 cash. The drug cache included 90 grams of uncut heroin, 150 grams of crack cocaine and three-quarters of a pound of marijuana.

Huntington Police Lt. J.T. Combs was among those investigating the case. He had described the seized items as products of a major drug trafficking operation in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio.

Combs had described Belcher as holding a leadership position within the conspiracy.

Smith received a 21-year, 10-month prison sentence. Floral received a five-year sentence, according to court documents.

A May 3 sentencing hearing is set for Hester, while Fiske must wait until June 1 to learn his punishment, according to court documents.

The investigation involved the Huntington Police Department, along with the Lawrence County (Ohio) Sheriff's Office, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The high-profile investigation received several thousand dollars in federal funds by its designation within the Appalachia High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. The case also was brought as part of Huntington's participation in the nation's Weed & Seed initiative.

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