Man Who Trafficked Fentanyl and Cocaine into Waterbury Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JORDAN JAMISON, also known as "J" and "JO," 30, of Waterbury, Connecticut, and Paramus, New Jersey, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 144 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine. Judge Oliver also ordered Jamison to pay a $350,000 fine.

According to court documents and statements made in court, a DEA New Haven District Office Task Force investigation, which included court-authorized wiretaps, controlled purchases of narcotics, physical and electronic surveillance, and other investigative techniques, determined that Jamison and an associate were trafficking fentanyl and cocaine into the Waterbury area, utilizing an apartment on High Street in Naugatuck and a house on Hunthill Road in Waterbury to store and package narcotics, and distributing the drugs to a network of street-level sellers.

On February 5, 2025, Jamison and his associate travelled together on a flight to California and, later that day, attempted to mail a package from Monterey Park to Connecticut. Investigators seized the package, which contained approximately one kilogram of fentanyl and three kilograms of cocaine.

On February 11, 2025, a court-authorized search of the Naugatuck stash location revealed approximately 5.4 kilograms of fentanyl and 1.4 kilograms of cocaine packaged for street distribution, and more than 300 grams of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer used by narcotics traffickers as a fentanyl additive.

Jamison has been detained since his arrest on February 13, 2025. On January 29, 2026, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of cocaine.

In April 2020, Jamison was sentenced in New Haven federal court to two days of imprisonment, a $3,600 fine, and forfeiture of $6,056, for a heroin trafficking offense stemming from his role in a Waterbury-based narcotics trafficking ring.

This investigation has been conducted by the DEA New Haven District Office (NHDO) Task Force, with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, DEA Los Angeles Airport Group, DEA New Jersey Division Office, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Paramus Police Department, and Hackensack Police Department. The NHDO Task Force includes members from the DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Division, Connecticut State Police and the New Haven, Waterbury, East Haven, Branford, West Haven, Ansonia, Meriden, Naugatuck, and Shelton Police Departments.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brendan J. Keefe and Natasha M. Freismuth.