By Allan Lengel

WASHINGTON– President Obama on Wednesday nominated Kenneth F. Bohac to serve as a U.S. Marshal for the Central District of Illinois.

“I am proud to nominate this dedicated public servant as a United States Marshal,” President Obama said in a statement.

Ken Bohac became a Deputy U.S. Marshal in Chicago in 1995, and was promoted to the position of Senior Investigator in the Urbana Office in 1998. He most recently served as a Judicial Security Inspector with the Marshals Service in Lexington, Ky.