BG man in prison for drug trafficking

A Bowling Green man is serving 30 days in jail after being found guilty of drug trafficking.

Julian Alexander Watkins, 21, appeared in Wood County Common Pleas Judge Joel Kuhlman's courtroom on Sept. 5.

He pleaded guilty in July to two counts of aggravated drug trafficking, aggravated drug possession and counterfeiting.

Kuhlman imposed a sentence of three years probation and a $5,000 fine.

Watkins must also serve a 30-day sentence in the Wood County Jail and forfeit $5,020, a digital scale, a 3D-printed firearm and several cell phones.

On June 15 and July 3, 2023, he sold or offered for sale psilocyn, and on July 7, 2023, he was found in possession of more than five times that amount of psilocyn.

Walkins was charged in April with three counts of aggravated drug trafficking (all fourth-degree felonies), one count of aggravated drug trafficking (a first-degree felony), drug possession (a second-degree felony), possession of criminal tools (a fifth-degree felony) and counterfeiting (a fourth-degree felony).

The other charges were dropped when the verdict was announced.