Fauquier resident sentenced to nearly 3 years for fentanyl possession

Warrenton resident William McKinley Boston was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison on Monday for the possession and intent to distribute fentanyl and other narcotics a er emotional testimony from Available Boston’s Sale siblings and parents.

Sale Boston’s defense attorney and family urged the judge to consider putting him in a drug treatment facility, but Go argued that a “28- day program will not x 15 years of criminality.”

Because of Boston’s criminal records and the kind of drugs he had intent to distribute, Loudoun County Circuit Court judge James Plowman sentenced Boston to almost three years in prison in the Rappahannock County General District Court, the higher end of the possible sentencing. Boston will receive time served for the Available 21 months Sale he’s already been held at the RSW Regional Jail.

Boston plead guilty to possession with Sale intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine; possession of heroin and oxycodone; possession of ammunition a er having been previously convicted of a felony; and driving on a suspended license.

Boston was pulled over by Rappahannock Sheri ’s Deputy Cody Dodson in June 2020 for a defective exhaust when Boston presented a restricted driver’s license. Dodson also found that the vehicle had tags that didn’t belong to the car, and a er detaining the vehicle, found a bag with handgun ammunition and a large quantity of suspected scheduled I or II narcotics, according to court documents.

Boston’s family cited a background of mental-health issues and addiction, saying he’s being treated for his mental illness in jail for the rst time in his life. Boston’s defense attorney said Boston has completed 923 courses since he’s been in jail, arguing he’s shown he’s willing to change.

Ultimately, Plowman said because of Boston’s criminal record and outstanding charges for probation violation in Fauquier County, he did not think Boston was a good candidate for probation.