Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JYSHUN TROWER was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote to 14 years in prison for trafficking firearms and selling counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl. TROWER previously pled guilty to illegally transporting and distributing firearms and conspiring to distribute narcotics.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Jyshun Trower placed countless New Yorkers’ lives in danger, attempting to flood the city with over 40 illegal firearms, including military-style assault weapons, that destroy human bodies and lives. Trower also sold thousands of counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing deadly fentanyl. He now faces significant time in prison for his crimes.”
According to the Indictment, and statements made in court proceedings and filings:
From on or about June 5, 2023, through on or about December 14, 2023, TROWER illegally transported and sold firearms in Manhattan and the New York City Area. In almost a dozen transactions, TROWER illegally sold approximately 43 firearms to an undercover law enforcement agent and others. The firearms included multiple semiautomatic pistols, semiautomatic rifles, assault style rifles and pistols, ammunition, high-capacity magazines, a ghost gun, and components used to convert a semiautomatic pistol into a fully automatic pistol—that is, a machine gun. Images of several of the firearms that TROWER sold are below.
Firearms TROWER sold in Manhattan on July 21, 2023.
Firearms TROWER sold in Manhattan on July 31, 2023.
Firearms TROWER sold in Manhattan on August 17, 2023.
Firearms TROWER sold in Manhattan on August 25, 2023.
Firearms TROWER sold in Manhattan on September 29, 2023.
Firearms TROWER sold in Manhattan on December 14, 2023.
In addition, TROWER conspired to sell 10,000 fentanyl pills to an undercover law enforcement agent. TROWER also had arranged with the undercover agent to include several firearms in the transaction. On or about December 14, 2023, TROWER arrived at the sale location with the firearms, where law enforcement apprehended TROWER and recovered a bag containing over hundreds of counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl.
In addition to the prison term, TROWER, 27, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was sentenced to five years of supervised release.
Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the New York City Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations New York Field Office.
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