Huntington Station Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Trafficking

A Huntington Station man was sentenced to prison on Friday for trafficking fentanyl across Long Island, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

Jamal Brown, 26, was sentenced to serve 90 months in prison for distributing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl from July 2017 to February 2018. He pleaded guilty to the charge in May.

“Brown preyed on vulnerable addicts to enrich himself, exposing them to significant risk of overdose with fentanyl, a drug that is a leading factor in the opioid crisis plaguing Long Island and the United States,” United States Attorney Richard P. Donoghue said in a press release. “To facilitate his illegal drug distribution, Brown even involved his teenage brother."

According to officials, Brown possessed and sold more than 40 grams of fentanyl, along with quantities of cocaine, which he stored at locations in Bay Shore and Huntington Station. He used his 17-year-old brother to sell fentanyl and cocaine and to store sale proceeds, officials say.

Officials say Brown also relied on another individual, an addict with plans for recovery, to transport narcotics and pick up drug sale proceeds, according to telephone calls intercepted over a court-authorized wiretap.

On Feb. 27, search warrants were executed at Brown's drug locations across Long Island, which led to the recovery of more than 76 grams of fentanyl, more than 150 grams of cocaine, a .32 caliber Smith and Wesson handgun, ammunition and other evidence of drug trafficking, officials say. Brown’s newborn child was inside the Huntington Station location where approximately 10 grams of fentanyl were recovered, officials say.

“Drug trafficking is inevitably linked to corruption, crime and addiction,” says Ray Donovan, Special Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. “Jamal Brown turned his younger brother into a drug dealer, exposed his newborn child to fentanyl and encouraged drug use by addicts seeking treatment."

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