Rochester Drug Dealer Sentenced to 8 Years

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Rochester man is being sent to prison for a drug bust that occurred in the city nearly a year ago.

Charges were filed against 54-year-old Bo Thomas Williams last October in connection with a narcotics investigation conducted by the Rochester Police Department Crime Interdiction Unit. The criminal complaint says Williams sold a significant amount of methamphetamine to a police informant.

Half Pound of Meth

The court document says the informant and Williams met at a local hotel to conduct the transaction. The informant, who was wearing a covert recording device and under surveillance, left the meeting and delivered a package of methamphetamine to a police investigator. The criminal complaint says the package weighed more than 227 grams.

READ MORE: Rochester Drug Sting Nets 227 Grams of Meth

Plea Agreement and Sentence

Olmsted County Court records indicate Williams entered into a plea agreement in February and admitted to a first-degree drug sales charge. He was sentenced today to just over eight years in prison for the conviction. Williams was given credit for 44 days already served in jail.

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Previous Convictions

His criminal history includes previous felony convictions for burglary and drug possession. He was given a 39-month prison sentence in 2013 for the burglary conviction and was initially sentenced to probation in the 2022 drug case but was later ordered to serve a 17-month prison sentence.

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