Jordan Porter was nabbed with narcotics when city cops caught him cycling on Carmen’s Way without lights on a winter night two years ago.

It was shortly after 9 p.m., and the officers discovered he was wanted for breach of probation, Ontario Court Justice Romuald Kwolek heard Friday.

During a search, they located three kinds of drugs, a scale and more than $3,500 in cash.

Porter, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a controlled substance — fentanyl and methamphetamine — for the purpose of trafficking stemming from the Feb. 3, 2022 incident.

He also was convicted of four other offences for breaching court orders in 2021 and 2022.

Federal prosecutor Lindsay Marshall told the court when officers stopped the accused, he falsely identified himself as another individual.

Porter was found with a large bag of a white powder in his jacket pocket, as well as a scale, two large bags of fentanyl and a small bag of pills.

He had 18.53 grams of meth, 16.35 grams of fentanyl and 47 benzodiazepine pills, plus the Canadian currency. 

When he was arrested, police reported more than $10,000 in drugs had been seized.

Assistant Crown attorney Adrianna Mucciarelli said Porter violated orders by not advising police of a change in his address, not reporting to his probation officer, missing a court date and breaching the identification of criminal’s act by failing to show up to provide his fingerprints.

The prosecutors and defence lawyer Ken Walker jointly recommended a sentence of time served: the equivalent of 936 days for the time Porter spent in custody between October 2022 and July of this year.

Marshall called the nature and quantity of the substances aggravating factors.

Fentanyl and meth “are very dangerous and addictive drugs,” she said, and fentanyl is causing deaths at a high rate in our community.

Porter has a lengthy record but no previous Controlled Drugs and Substances Act offences, the federal Crown told the court.

Mucciarelli described his record as quite lengthy with many convictions.

His guilty pleas indicate he’s taking responsibility for his actions, she said, noting these provincial offences are largely administrative and are dated.

Walker told the court his client has been “labouring” with an addiction for some time and was dealing to support his habit.

The amount of narcotics isn’t shocking, but “the type of drugs is horrendous,” the defence said.

When he imposed the sentence, Kwolek noted Porter’s “fairly lengthy record,” which includes convictions for financial crimes, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a firearm and breaching release orders.

These “very serious” offences for possession of fentanyl and meth for the purpose of trafficking require a lengthy period of incarceration, he said.

Kwolek also placed Jordan on probation for two years, with conditions that include substance abuse counselling.

“Hopefully, this will assist you in keeping out of trouble” and staying away from drugs, the judge told Porter.

Kwolek ordered forfeiture of the seized drugs, paraphernalia and cash to the Crown.