Jury Convicts Palmdale Man in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Case – MyNewsLA.com

A Palmdale man has been found guilty of federal drug trafficking and firearms charges, including supplying fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills that caused the overdose death of a 20-year-old U.S. Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, the Justice Department announced Friday. A federal jury on Thursday convicted Jordan Nicholas McCormick, 31, of six felony counts: conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death, distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, distribution of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute LSD, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to prosecutors, McCormick participated in a drug trafficking conspiracy from at least October 2019 through September 2020. Authorities said he and his co-conspirators obtained and sold LSD, counterfeit Adderall pills laced with methamphetamine and counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. Evidence at the 17-day trial showed the group used text messages and Snapchat to coordinate drug sales. According to prosecutors, McCormick sold 1,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, commonly known as “M30s,” to a co-conspirator on May 22, 2020. Prosecutors alleged the co-conspirator later advertised the pills on Snapchat before selling about 10 of them to a 20-year-old active-duty Marine identified in court records only as “L.M.” The
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