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 also ordered Jamison, age 30, of Waterbury, Connecticut, and Paramus, New Jersey, to pay a $350,000 fine.
The case highlights ongoing efforts by federal authorities to address drug trafficking in Connecticut communities. The investigation involved multiple law enforcement agencies using wiretaps, controlled purchases of narcotics, surveillance operations and other investigative techniques.
According to court documents and statements made in court, investigators found that Jamison and an associate trafficked fentanyl and cocaine into the Waterbury area. They used an apartment on High Street in Naugatuck and a house on Hunthill Road in Waterbury as storage sites for drugs before distributing them through street-level sellers. On February 5, 2025, Jamison traveled with his associate from Connecticut to California where they attempted to mail a package containing about one kilogram of fentanyl and three kilograms of cocaine back east; authorities seized the package later that day.
A search at the Naugatuck location on February 11 uncovered approximately 5.4 kilograms of fentanyl packaged for street sale along with about 1.4 kilograms of cocaine and more than 300 grams of xylazine—an animal tranquilizer used as a fentanyl additive by traffickers. Jamison has been detained since his arrest on February 13; he pleaded guilty on January 29 to conspiracy charges involving large quantities of both drugs.
Jamison previously received a two-day sentence in April 2020 related to heroin trafficking stemming from his role in another Waterbury-based operation.
The investigation was led by the DEA New Haven District Office Task Force with support from several federal agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as police departments across multiple states.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut serves the entire state prosecuting federal crimes such as this case while handling civil matters involving the U.S., according to its official website. The office operates under the Department of Justice employing about sixty-eight assistant attorneys alongside fifty-seven support staff members across locations in New Haven, Hartford and Bridgeport according to its official website. It is one of America’s oldest prosecutorial offices established in 1789 according to its official website.
