United States Attorney Richard Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Joe Len Boman, 47, of Quitman, Mississippi, was sentenced this week in federal court for his participation in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy and for possession of stolen guns. Court documents reflects that Boman was involved in the methamphetamine distribution operation headed in Mobile by co-conspirator Ryan Scott Burkhardt, who was charged and convicted in federal court on numerous charges, including his shooting of a Mobile police officer in March of 2016. Burkhardt committed suicide while in custody earlier this year. Boman pled guilty to the two federal charges in July of 2017.
United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Boman to 70 months’ imprisonment on each count, and ordered that the sentences run concurrently. He also ordered that upon Boman’s release from custody, Boman will serve a four-year term of supervised release. Boman will undergo treatment for drug abuse while in prison and as a condition of his supervised release. No fine was imposed, but the judge ordered that Boman pay $200 in special mandatory assessments.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Mobile Police Department, the Mobile County Street Narcotics Enforcement Team, and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations. It was prosecuted in the United States Attorney’s Office by Assistant United States Attorney Gloria Bedwell.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama at http://www.justice.gov/usao/als/
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
