NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – A Norfolk fentanyl dealer was sentenced Friday to more than 21 years in prison for selling drugs to a woman that caused her overdose death.

According to court documents, the victim reached out to Jason Warren, aka Cuzzo, on July 14, 2022 to buy drugs.

Warren gave the victim a mixture of heroin, fentanyl and Xylazine.

The following day, Chesapeake Police responded to a report of a suspected drug overdose and found the woman who had met with Warren dead in her hotel room.

Officers recovered narcotics, drug paraphernalia, a cellphone and personal items belonging to the victim. Among the narcotics and paraphernalia were a plastic bag containing heroin and fentanyl, a bag containing heroin, fentanyl and Xylazine residue and a straw with heroin and fentanyl residue.

The Chief Medical Examiner’s report states that the woman’s cause of death was acute fentanyl and heroin toxicity.

On two occasions, Aug. 2 and Aug. 9, 2022, Warren distributed a mixture of fentanyl, heroin, and Xylazine to a confidential informant in Norfolk.

On Aug. 14, 2022, law enforcement arrested Warren, who was in possession of the same mixture of drugs at the time, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

On Aug. 19, 2022, investigators searched Warren’s residence and recovered pill bottles with Warren’s name on them, multiple bags containing firearms and ammunition, and a bag containing drug paraphernalia.

Warren pleaded guilty on Jan. 10, 2025to distribution of fentanyl resulting in death.

U.S. District Judge Jamar K. Walker handed down a sentence of 21 years and 10 months in prison for Warren.