Jordan McCormick Found Guilty Of Drug Trafficking, Supplying Drugs

CALIFORNIA—On June 26, the United States Attorney for the District of Central California announced that following a 17-day trial, a jury convicted Jordan Nicholas McCormick, 31, of Palmdale, who was accused of selling oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl to a 20-year-old Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps, who overdosed on May 23, 2020, while serving at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

McCormick was found guilty of six felonies including one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, one count of possessing LSD with intent to distribute, one count of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, one count of distributing fentanyl, one count of distributing fentanyl resulting in death, and one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death.

Drug trafficking started around October 2019 and continued until September 2020, when his home, vehicle, were searched. This led to law enforcement recovering a 9mm Glock semi-automatic pistol, LSD, methamphetamine, and drug trafficking equipment.

While McCormick was doing so, he and his co-conspirators sold LSD, along with Adderall pills laced with methamphetamine and oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl. They communicated via text messages and used Snapchat to coordinate their activities.

On May 21, 2020, he sent a text message to one of his co-conspirators stating, “seeing my oxy guy today he has a boat,” which referred to 1,000 oxycodone pills. These pills were purchased by Anthony Ruben Whisenant, 24, a Marine Lance Corporal who pleaded guilty on January 31, 2025, to using a cellphone to commit a drug offense. The next day, McCormick sold pills to an associate. The associate posted a picture of several bills on Snapchat with the caption “Who f*** with M30s? Tapp in.” The associate sold 10 oxycodone pills to the Marine, who consumed several of them and then died.

McCormick sold another batch of 1000 pills to this associate on July 26, 2020, and they were arrested three days later, which led to about 900 pills being seized.

In September 2020, McCormick was named in a superseding indictment that included Whisenant, Ryan Douglas White, another Marine Corps Lance Corporal, Jessica Sarah Perez of Pacoima, and Gustavo Jaciel Solis of Sylmar. Both Perez and Solis were indicted on charges of distributing fentanyl and cocaine, and Solis was also charged with using a firearm to further a drug crime.

McCormick’s home and vehicle were searched, and he was also searched leading to the recovery of a 9mm Glock semi-automatic pistol, LSD, methamphetamine, and drug trafficking equipment.

The sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled, and only the victim’s initials, L.M., have been released to the public. McCormick faces a sentence ranging from a minimum of 25 years to life in federal prison.