Man Gets 18 Years For Fentanyl Trafficking, Attempted Support Of ISIS

LOMBARD, IL — A Lombard man was sentenced to 18 years in prison in connection with charges that he trafficked fentanyl and tried to provide material support to ISIS.

Jason Brown, 42, pleaded guilty to federal charges of distributing fentanyl, providing material support to ISIS and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

According to FBI Chicago, Brown gave $500 cash to an undercover agent three times in 2019, under the assumption that the money would be sent to "an ISIS soldier engaged in terrorist activity in Syria," a news release said. Officials say Brown also possessed loaded handguns while trafficking drugs from California to Chicago's suburbs in 2019.

Brown was taken into custody in 2019 and pleaded guilty in 2023. He was sentenced on Oct. 16 by U.S. District Judge Mary M. Rowland.