Posted on: November 23, 2024 12:00 PM

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Virginia man sentenced to 14 years in prison for trafficking over 40 firearms and selling counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing fentanyl

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JYSHUN TROWER was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote to 14 years in prison for trafficking firearms and selling counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl. TROWER previously pled guilty to illegally transporting and distributing firearms and conspiring to distribute narcotics.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Jyshun Trower placed countless New Yorkers’ lives in danger, attempting to flood the City with over 40 illegal firearms, including military-style assault weapons, that destroy human bodies and lives.  Trower also sold thousands of counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing deadly fentanyl.  He now faces significant time in prison for his crimes.”

In addition, TROWER conspired to sell 10,000 fentanyl pills to an undercover law enforcement agent.  TROWER also had arranged with the undercover agent to include several firearms in the transaction.  On or about December 14, 2023, TROWER arrived at the sale location with the firearms, where law enforcement apprehended TROWER and recovered a bag containing over hundreds of counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl.

In addition to the prison term, TROWER, 27, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was sentenced to five years of supervised release.

From DOJ