Indiana man sentenced for selling fentanyl, gun with 'switch'
Jalen Wilson | United States Attorney's Office-Northern District of Indiana
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - A northwest Indiana man has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to selling fentanyl and illegally having a gun.
What we know:
Jalen Wilson, 29, was sentenced last week to 70 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana.
Prosecutors said Wilson admitted to selling 40 grams or more of fentanyl on two separate occasions and, in another instance, selling a firearm equipped with a machine gun conversion device.
Court records show Wilson had a prior federal felony conviction for conspiring to distribute heroin, which prohibited him from having a gun.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with assistance from the LaPorte County Drug Task Force.
What they're saying:
"Jalen Wilson decided to ignore the lessons he should have learned during his first trip through the federal criminal justice system," said U.S. Attorney Adam L. Mildred. "Instead, he escalated by diversifying his illicit business into to fentanyl and firearms."
The Source: The information in this report came from the United States Attorney's Office-Northern District of Indiana.