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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Task Force Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Christopher Roberts, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the unsealing of a three-count Indictment charging JORDAN SHARON and JUAN UMPIERREZ with participating in a controlled substances distribution conspiracy that resulted in the overdose death of a minor victim (the “Minor Victim”) in Westchester County, New York this past May. The Indictment further alleges that SHARON and UMPIERREZ distributed controlled substances to the Minor Victim near a school and while the Minor Victim was under the age of 21.
“This Office will tirelessly pursue individuals who traffic highly dangerous drugs to children and young adults on and around school campuses,” said U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald. “Jordan Sharon and Juan Umpierrez allegedly operated a delivery service for controlled substances, which resulted in the tragic overdose death of a minor child, and sold controlled substances near the victim’s school, a place that should be a safe haven for children. We will never cease our efforts to hold accountable those who target young and vulnerable people.”
“A young life lost, a family forever shattered, all because of drug trafficking fueled by greed,” said DEA New York Task Force Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Roberts. “As alleged, these defendants sold dangerous drugs to a teenager near a school, who days later died from cocaine and MDMA intoxication. The DEA will not stand by as drug traffickers continue to put young lives at risk. Our children deserve to grow up in homes, schools, and communities free from those seeking to poison them. If you profit from endangering our children, expect the DEA at your door.”
“As alleged, these defendants sold the illegal drugs—including cocaine, MDMA, and oxycodone—that claimed the life of a minor,” said NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch. “These criminals put profit over safety when they peddled drugs near a school, but now their poison will never harm another child again. I thank our NYPD investigators, law enforcement partners, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York for their diligent efforts to shut down this operation and deliver accountability.”
According to the Indictment:(1)
From at least in and around May 2026 through at least in and around August 2026, SHARON and UMPIERREZ engaged in a drug trafficking conspiracy that resulted in the death of a minor teenage victim (the “Minor Victim”) in Westchester County, New York.
As part of the conspiracy, SHARON and UMPIERREZ advertised controlled substances for sale and delivery throughout the New York City metropolitan area. Working with others, UMPIERREZ and SHARON both personally delivered and offered to ship controlled substances to customers.
SHARON and UMPIERREZ used text messaging applications to advertise their drug business. The defendants provided menus of available controlled substances to customers via text message that included, among other things: a claim that the controlled substances were tested and authentic; a statement that the controlled substances were available for shipping to all 50 U.S. states; an inventory of numerous controlled substances and their prices, including, among others, cocaine, ketamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or MDMA, and oxycodone; and an offer of a discount to customers referring new customers to the drug delivery service.
In or about May 2026, UMPIERREZ began communicating via text message with the Minor Victim about drug sales, and UMPIERREZ agreed to sell the Minor Victim cocaine. UMPIERREZ told the Minor Victim that an associate was going to deliver cocaine to the Minor Victim and then sent the Minor Victim a phone number used by SHARON. SHARON texted the Minor Victim directly, and SHARON and the Minor Victim communicated about the sale and delivery of controlled substances
On two occasions in or about May 2026, SHARON traveled from Queens, New York, to Westchester, New York to sell controlled substances to the Minor Victim. On the first occasion, SHARON sold cocaine, oxycodone, and MDMA to the Minor Victim in a parking lot around the corner from a local Middle and High School campus. On the second occasion, SHARON again traveled from Queens, New York to Westchester, New York, where SHARON sold cocaine to the Minor Victim.
Two days after the second sale, after consuming the drugs provided to him by the defendants, the Minor Victim died at home in Westchester County, New York. The Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded that the Minor Victim’s death was caused by intoxication with cocaine and MDMA.
SHARON, 19, of Queens, New York, and UMPIERREZ, 20, of Queens, New York, are both charged with one count of count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance resulting in death, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison; one count of distribution of controlled substances near a school, which carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison; and one count of distribution of controlled substances to a minor, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of one year in prison and a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
Mr. McDonald praised the outstanding investigative work of the DEA, the NYPD, the Westchester District Attorney’s Office, and local law enforcement in Westchester County.
This case is being handled by the Office’s Narcotics Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rita Maxwell is in charge of the prosecution.
The charges contained in the Indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.