Jordan Jamison, also known as “J” and “JO,” was sentenced on April 27 to 144 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine, according to United States Attorney David X. Sullivan for the District of Connecticut. U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver imposed the sentence in Hartford and ordered Jamison to pay a $350,000 fine.
Authorities said an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration New Haven District Office Task Force used wiretaps, controlled purchases, surveillance, and other techniques to determine that Jamison and an associate trafficked fentanyl and cocaine into the Waterbury area. They reportedly used properties in Naugatuck and Waterbury to store drugs before distributing them through a network of street-level sellers.
Investigators intercepted a package containing about one kilogram of fentanyl and three kilograms of cocaine that Jamison attempted to mail from California to Connecticut on February 5, 2025. A subsequent search at a stash location in Naugatuck uncovered approximately 5.4 kilograms of fentanyl, 1.4 kilograms of cocaine packaged for street distribution, and more than 300 grams of xylazine—a tranquilizer sometimes added to narcotics—on February 11, 2025.
Jamison has been detained since his arrest on February 13, 2025. He pleaded guilty on January 29, 2026, to conspiracy charges involving large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine.
In April 2020, Jamison was previously sentenced in New Haven federal court for heroin trafficking related offenses stemming from his involvement with a Waterbury-based ring.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office involved multiple agencies in this case including local police departments across Connecticut as well as federal law enforcement partners such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and DEA divisions from Los Angeles and New Jersey.
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