Jordan D. Cotton, Crack Cocaine Distribution, Nebraska 2023

Omaha Man Sentenced for Distributing Crack Cocaine and Possessing a Firearm

United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jordan D. Cotton, 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today for distributing crack cocaine while possessing a firearm. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Cotton to 130 months in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system.

Cotton will also serve a 5-year term of supervised release following his release from the Bureau of Prisons. Cotton was found guilty of distributing crack cocaine, which is punishable under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, which is punishable under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i).

The case against Cotton began on December 3, 2019, when law enforcement used a Confidential Informant (CI) to buy 4.5 grams of crack cocaine from Cotton at his residence in Omaha. Two days later, on December 6, 2019, the Omaha Police Department Gang Unit executed a search warrant at Cotton’s home, recovering 51 grams of crack cocaine, a 9mm handgun, $1,734 in United States Currency, digital scales, vacuum sealed bags with cocaine residue, and various other items.

Cotton was present and was arrested when the warrant was executed. At the time of his arrest, Cotton, a previously convicted felon for Carrying a Concealed Weapon, Second Offense, and Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Felon, was on Nebraska state parole after being released from prison on January 25, 2018.

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives task force as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives task force is responsible for investigating violent crime and gun-related crimes in the Omaha area.

The sentence is the result of an investigation by the Omaha Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska.

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