Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York | Department of Justice
Jahreek Bush has been sentenced to 117 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine while armed with a loaded firearm. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas after Bush was convicted on six counts of distributing or possessing narcotics with intent to distribute, as well as one count of carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.
“Jahreek Bush dealt highly dangerous drugs, including fentanyl that he falsely branded as heroin, and he illegally carried a loaded gun while doing so,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Armed drug traffickers fuel violence and overdoses in our communities. This Office and our law enforcement partners will work tirelessly to bring to justice those who put innocent lives at risk.”
According to the evidence presented at trial, Bush sold cocaine and fentanyl—which he misrepresented as heroin—in Monticello, New York between January and April 2023. On April 25, 2023, Bush was arrested by officers from the New York State Police and the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office when he arrived at a parking lot in Monticello for a drug transaction. At the time of his arrest, Bush had a fanny pack containing a loaded 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun, more than 100 individually wrapped packages of fentanyl, and plastic bags holding additional fentanyl and cocaine.
In addition to his prison term, Bush will serve three years of supervised release following his incarceration.
Jay Clayton commended the efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, the New York State Police, and the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office for their roles in this investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Margaret Vasu, Benjamin Levander, and Courtney Heavey from the White Plains Division.
