Covington Man Sentenced for Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JAYLON CARTER (“CARTER”), age 24, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Susie Morgan to sixty-three (63) months’ imprisonment, three (3) years of supervised release, and $300.00 in mandatory special assessment fees, after previously pleading guilty to three counts of distribution of forty (40) grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson.

According to court documents, in January 2024, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office received information that CARTER sold “M30 blue pills” out of an apartment complex in Covington or from his vehicle. After St. Tammany detectives confirmed that CARTER lived in the apartment complex, the detectives used an individual CARTER believed to be a legitimate buyer, to make three controlled purchases of fentanyl pills from CARTER at the apartment complex.

This case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security Investigations and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. The prosecution was handled by Assistant United States Attorney André Jones of the Narcotics Unit.