Jason Wayne Bohard
(DOC file photo)
By Patti Weaver
STILLWATER — A 48-year-old Perkins man has been given a five-year prison term followed by five years of probation for drunk driving in Perkins at N. Main and Highway 33 after prior DUIs in Logan, Major and Osage counties.
On his release from prison, Jason Wayne Bohard must have a substance abuse evaluation, take any recommended follow-up treatment, undergo random drug tests, maintain full-time employment and have an ignition interlock device on his vehicle for two years, Associate District Judge Michael Kulling ordered.
If Bohard had not accepted a plea agreement with the prosecution in which he admitted his guilt to a fourth DUI, he could have been given as much as a 20-year prison term due to his criminal record. Bohard had been jailed on $10,000 bond since his arrest at 8:50 pm on April 30 in a grocery store parking lot following a traffic stop, court records show.
Perkins Police Officer Chris Wooten wrote in an affidavit, “While speaking with Bohard, I could smell the odor of marijuana and the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from inside the vehicle. I asked Bohard if there was any marijuana in the vehicle. He stated yes; it’s just a roach in the passenger seat and provided me with his medical marijuana card. Bohard stated he also had two open cans of beer in the vehicle.
“I asked Bohard when was the last time he smoked marijuana and consumed the alcohol. Bohard stated he smoked this morning around 8 am and was drinking beer around the same time. Bohard stated he also got one of the cans of beer from Casey’s and admitted to drinking it right before I conducted the traffic stop.
“I asked Bohard if he would be willing to do the Standardized Field Sobriety tests. Bohard refused to do the test but agreed for me to check his eyes. Bohard continued to complain of his hip and still refused to do any further tests. Bohard continued to have a nervous behavior and stated, ‘just take me to jail.”
During a vehicle inventory, the officer saw two open 25 oz Busch cans of beer half full in the center console area under a hat, as well as a black and yellow Scotty 2 Hotty cannabis THC tube containing a burnt marijuana roach, for which he was given a concurrent six-month jail term, court records show.
Bohard had previously received probation for DUI in Logan County in 2023, in Major County in 2013, and in Osage County in 2011, court records show. Bohard had also been convicted in 2019 of second-degree burglary and grand larceny in 2018 in Osage County for which he was incarcerated for 10 months followed by three years’ probation, state Department of Corrections records show.
