Boston Man Sentenced For Selling Crack To Bedford VA Residents

BEDFORD, MA — A Boston man was sentenced in federal court for distributing crack cocaine. In 2018, Austin Wilkerson, 41, pleaded guilty to three counts of distributing cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine, on the Veterans Affairs Medical Center campus in Bedford.

In January 2017, a cooperating witness reported to law enforcement that Wilkerson was selling crack cocaine to Michael Sexton, a resident at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. On July 27, Aug. 10, and Sept. 5, 2017, Wilkerson sold crack cocaine to Sexton, who then sold it to the witness at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Bedford.

In October 2019, Sexton was sentenced to time served (approximately two months) and two years of supervised release.