TROY AHKEEM WILSON, Heroin and Fentanyl Distribution, North Carolina 2017

Wilmington Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Heroin and Fentanyl Distribution

GREENVILLE, NC – TROY AHKEEM WILSON, 38, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 144 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin and fentanyl distribution scheme.

According to court documents, WILSON was named in a two-count Superseding Indictment filed on September 21, 2016, and pled guilty to Possess with the Intent to Distribute a Quantity of Heroin and Possess with the Intent to Distribute 40 Grams of More of Fentanyl on January 12, 2017.

The investigation, led by the FBI’s Coastal Carolinas Criminal Enterprise Task Force, revealed that WILSON was accountable for approximately 99.18 grams of fentanyl, 30.94 grams of heroin, 14 grams of marijuana, and 0.4 gram of crack cocaine.

On February 3, 2016, officers from the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by WILSON. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of an off-white powdery substance on WILSON’s hands and coat, as well as an open plastic bag containing .81 gram of heroin.

Following a second traffic stop on April 29, 2016, officers seized three small bags of marijuana, five bags of heroin banded together, and a large bag containing several individual bags of fentanyl, and other drug paraphernalia.

Fentanyl is an extremely dangerous drug to law enforcement officers and, if improperly handled, it has deadly consequences. According to the DEA, it is 40 to 50 times stronger than street-level heroin. A very small amount ingested or absorbed through the skin can kill.

TROY AHKEEM WILSON was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard on April 12, 2017. The case was investigated by the FBI’s Coastal Carolinas Criminal Enterprise Task Force, consisting of the FBI’s Wilmington Resident Agency, the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. Additional assistance was provided by the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Howard prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

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