An Antelope Valley man has been found guilty of federal drug trafficking and firearm crimes, including supplying fake fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills that caused the fatal overdose of an active-duty U.S. Marine Corps lance corporal stationed at Camp Pendleton, the Department of Justice announced on Friday.
According to evidence presented at his trial, 31-year-old Palmdale resident Jordan Nicholas McCormick engaged in a drug trafficking operation from at least October 2019 to September 2020, during which he and co-conspirators obtained and sold drugs, including LSD, thousands of fake Adderall pills laced with methamphetamine, and thousands of fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl.
The DOJ says McCormick and his co-conspirators communicated via text messages and Snapchat to conduct their business.
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On May 21, 2020, McCormick told one of his co-conspirators via text message, “I’m seeing my oxy guy today he has a boat,” which referred to 1,000 purported oxycodone pills (also known as M30s), according to the complaint…