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RALEIGH—United States Attorney Thomas G.Walker announced that in federal court yesterday United States District JudgeTerrence W. Boyle sentenced Donald Ray Boston, 39, of Wilmington, NorthCarolina, to 151 months’ imprisonment followed by three years’ supervisedrelease.
On August 10, 2011, a federal grand juryreturned a criminal indictment. On November 3, 2011, Boston pled guilty topossessing with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin.
According to the investigation, in May,2011, Wilmington Police Vice and Narcotics Detectives received information thatBoston was selling heroin in the Wilmington area. During the course of thisinvestigation, it was learned that Boston would acquire the heroin from NewYork. On June 9, 2011, Wilmington Detectives learned that Boston was returningfrom New York. Later that day, a traffic stop was conducted of the vehicle inwhich Boston was a passenger. A narcotics K-9 was allowed to walk around andinside the vehicle. In a backpack belonging to Boston, the dog detectednarcotics. A search of the backpack revealed 41 grams of heroin.
This case was brought as a part of anOrganized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Operation entitledWoofPack, investigating importers and multi-level distributors of heroin,cocaine, crack cocaine, and gang activity associated with this distribution.
Investigation of this case is beingconducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (Safe Streets Task Force);the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives; the North CarolinaState Bureau of Investigation; the Wilmington Police Department; the GreenvillePolice Department; and the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office. SpecialAssistant United States Attorney Timothy Severo represents the government. Mr.Severo is a prosecutor with the New Hanover District Attorney’s Office.District Attorney Ben David has assigned him to the United States Attorney’soffice to prosecute federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forcecriminal matters.
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