Toms River Man Sentenced for 10 Years in Drug Conspiracy

A Toms River man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine base while in Maryland, the U.S. District Attorney for Maryland announced today.

U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Timothy Wilson, age 43, of Toms River to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. The charges were conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute the cocaine base, and possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute.

The week-long trial included evidence that Wilson, along with a co-conspirator from Queens, Louis Ahorrio, left Wilson's home in Toms River and embarked south in a rental car. They were stopped by Maryland State Police troopers on Route 113 in Worcester County for driving above the speed limit and following a vehicle too closely.

"A canine search of the car revealed a bag under the passenger side seat filled with ziplock bags that contained a total of 327.9 grams of cocaine base. Wilson and Ahorrio both testified at trial that they had no knowledge of the cocaine base," announced U.S. Attorney for Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein in a prepared statement.

The jury disagreed. They found that Wilson and Ahorrio had knowingly conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute the cocaine base found in the car, and that they both knowingly possessed that cocaine base with the intent to distribute.

Rosentein said Judge Quarles also found that Wilson’s denial of knowledge of the drugs in the car constituted an attempt to obstruct justice.

Ahorrio, age 37, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for the conspiracy and for possession with intent to distribute. His sentencing is March 15. 

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended ICE HSI, the Maryland State Police and DEA for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorneys Joshua L. Kaul, Robert Harding and Christopher Romano, who prosecuted the case.