Suburban man convicted of trafficking fentanyl in an attempt to give money to an ISIS soldier

CHICAGO – A Lombardy man was sentenced to 18 years in prison last week after pleading guilty to trafficking fentanyl and trying to send money to an ISIS terrorist.

Jason Brown, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide support to ISIS, one count of distributing fentanyl and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Under a plea deal, Brown said he trafficked fentanyl from California to the Chicago suburbs and illegally possessed several loaded handguns in 2019.

He also admitted to providing $500 in cash to an individual three times in 2019, with the understanding that the money would be transferred to an ISIS soldier engaged in terrorist activities in Syria. However, the person he provided the money to was working confidentially with law enforcement and the alleged ISIS fighter was an undercover law enforcement officer.

Brown was sentenced to 18 years by U.S. District Judge Mary M. Rowland during a hearing in Chicago on Wednesday.

Brown has been in custody since his arrest in 2019.