City Police Investigation on Cocaine Distribution Case Ends with Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on January 18, 2018 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
Michael Austin Boyd, Jr., of Toledo, Ohio was sentenced Wednesday to 240 months incarceration for cocaine distribution, United States 
Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Boyd, age 36, pled guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine” in September 2017. Boyd admitted to possessing 280 grams or more of cocaine in Harrison County in September 2016.
Boyd was also ordered to forfeit proceeds, directly or indirectly, from the crime, including United States currency in the amount of $35,580.00 and a Taurus revolver, Model 85, .38 caliber.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Traci M. Cook prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and Bridgeport Police Department investigated.
Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.
Editor's Note: Photo from the North Central Regional Jail Web site.
