Passaic County Man Sentenced to 82 Months in Prison for Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Ammunition Charges

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 82 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine and possessing ammunition by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

Kadeem Coleman, 31, of Paterson, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Renée M. Bumb to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, and was sentenced to 70 months in prison on those counts. At the time Coleman committed these offenses, he was on federal supervised release; for violating the terms of his supervised release, Judge Bumb sentenced Coleman to an additional 12 months in prison to run consecutively. Judge Bumb imposed the sentence on Nov. 7, 2024, in Camden federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

On October 15, 2021, law enforcement arrested Coleman and searched his residence pursuant a search warrant. Law enforcement recovered fentanyl and cocaine, which was subsequently confirmed through laboratory testing, and over 120 rounds of ammunition. Coleman had previously been federally convicted in the District of New Jersey for unlawful possession of a firearm.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Bumb sentenced Coleman to five years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Nelson I. Delgado, Newark Field Division; the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Acting Sheriff Gary Giardina; and the Paterson Police Department, under the direction of Officer in Charge Isa Abbassi with the investigation leading to the sentencing.

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