CRESTVIEW — Thomas Anthony Bonifay, of Baker, has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison after he pled to the charge of trafficking in methamphetamine.
The charges resulted after the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office stopped him in traffic for an improper vehicle tag on May 22 in Milligan.
While searching the vehicle, sheriff's deputies found a bottle that contained approximately 560 grams of methamphetamine oil. Bonifay admitted he was involved in methamphetamine production, according to the office of William Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit.
Bonifay must serve the entire 15-year sentence with no early release. A mandatory $250,000 fine was also imposed as a condition of the sentence.
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