Oregon City, OR. — An Oregon City man was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 12 years in federal prison after a drug trafficking investigation, initially launched in connection with an overdose death, led to his prosecution.
Toren Paul Flom, 32, was sentenced to 140 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
“This defendant is a career offender with prior felony drug convictions and was on post-prison supervision when he sold drugs to the victim here,” said Scott E. Bradford, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon. “Drug crimes are not victimless — they tear families apart and weaken our communities as a whole.”
The case stems from a June 2, 2024, emergency response to a reported overdose death involving multiple controlled substances. Investigators determined Flom had distributed drugs to the victim prior to the fatal overdose. Authorities ultimately could not conclusively establish that Flom was the sole source of the drugs that caused the victim’s death but continued investigating his broader drug trafficking activities.
In July 2024, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Flom’s residence, seizing significant quantities of illegal substances, including psilocybin mushrooms, ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, and LSD. The total seizure included more than seven kilograms of psilocybin mushrooms and more than one kilogram each of cocaine and ketamine.
A federal grand jury indicted Flom on July 23, 2024, on five counts of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. He later pleaded guilty on September 10, 2025, to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
“Driven by greed, this drug dealer chose to put deadly drugs into our community with no regard for the lives and families harmed,” said April Miller, acting Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations Seattle. She said the sentence prevents Flom from further contributing to overdoses and emphasized continued efforts to dismantle drug trafficking organizations.
Portland Police Chief Bob Day also highlighted the importance of interagency collaboration, noting that such cases reduce the availability of dangerous drugs and their broader impact on the community.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Portland Police Bureau Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cassady A. Adams prosecuted the case. The investigation was supported by the Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program, a federally sponsored initiative coordinating multi-agency drug enforcement efforts.
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