Alleged Cocaine Dealer Headed To Trial

A man already charged in fed­eral court in Defi­ance in con­nec­tion with the dis­tri­b­u­tion of cocaine has been arraigned.

Ryan Bow­man of Payne, pleaded not guilty in the U.S. Dis­trict Court for the North­ern Dis­trict of Indi­ana to con­spir­acy to deliver more than five kilo­grams of cocaine. Bow­man was one of six peo­ple who were indicted by a fed­eral grand jury in Fort Wayne after 17 search war­rants were exe­cuted in Indi­ana, Texas, and here in Ohio, and huge amounts of cocaine, along with more than $5.9 Mil­lion in cash, vehi­cles, and guns were seized. A jury trial is now set for May 11th.