Wilson Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking

WILMINGTON – United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced THurman ray bohne, jr., 48, of Wilson, North Carolina to 162 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release.

bohne was named in an Indictment filed on January 7, 2015 charging him with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess With Intent to Distribute 5 Kilograms or more of Cocaine.  On June 29, 2015, bohne pled guilty to that charge.

According to the investigation, BOHNE and his co-conspirators distributed over 13 kilograms of cocaine in the Wilson, North Carolina area from 2007 to 2012.

Investigation of this case was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office, the Wilson Police Department, and the Greenville Police Department.  Assistant United States Attorney Lawrence J. Cameron represented the government.