On December 15, 2025, 38-year-old Jacob Paris was found guilty and sentenced in a Tarrant County courtroom after pleading guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. A jury sentenced Paris to 40 years in prison.
Paris was already wanted on multiple outstanding warrants at the time of his arrest. He was sought by the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office for Fraud Use or Possession of Identifying Information involving fewer than five items with an elderly victim. He was also wanted by the Ector County Sheriff’s Office and the Midland County Sheriff’s Office on separate charges of Theft of Property under $2,500 with two or more prior convictions.
On February 4, 2025, Fort Worth Police officers located Paris and took him into custody. While booking him into the Tarrant County Jail, officers discovered approximately nine grams of fentanyl pills in his possession. That discovery led to the felony drug charge that ultimately resulted in his conviction and lengthy sentence.
During the punishment phase of the trial, jurors heard evidence that Paris is a documented member of the Aryan Circle criminal prison gang and has multiple prior felony convictions. The Aryan Circle is a white supremacist, neo-Nazi prison gang that originated in the Texas prison system in the mid-1980s and has since expanded nationwide. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the group is heavily involved in drug trafficking, contraband smuggling, theft rings, and organized violence, both inside and outside correctional facilities.
Prosecutors emphasized Paris’s criminal history, gang affiliation, and the dangers posed by fentanyl distribution in seeking a substantial sentence. The case was prosecuted by Michael Ferry and Kobe Landry, with investigative support provided by DA Investigator Sean Wheetley.
Paris will serve his sentence in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
