Anthony Phillips, Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking, New Jersey 2024

In a shocking turn of events, two Hudson County men have been charged with drug offenses in connection with a Jersey City street gang. Anthony Phillips, aka 'Ant,' aka 'Little Ant,' 31, of Jersey City, was detained on June 6, 2024, after appearing before U.S. Magistrate Michael A. Hammer in Newark federal court.

Phillips was charged by complaint on April 30, 2024, with conspiring with Shannon Tisdale, aka 'Doonk,' 32, of Jersey City, New Jersey, to distribute heroin and cocaine. He was also charged with possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, law enforcement began investigating individuals distributing narcotics in the area of Lexington and Bergen avenues in Jersey City, including members and associates of 'Lex Mob,' a neighborhood street gang. On April 24, 2024, law enforcement observed Tisdale and Phillips distributing controlled substances in the Lexington Area.

Phillips faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison on the count of possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. On the count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, he faces a mandatory minimum prison sentence of five years, which must run consecutively to any other prison sentence imposed. On the count of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances crime, Phillips and Tisdale each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

Phillips has a prior conviction for aggravated manslaughter, for which he was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He was released from the Department of Corrections under parole supervision on March 14, 2024.

The investigation was conducted as part of the Jersey City Violent Crime Initiative (VCI), a partnership between the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, and the Jersey City Police Department. The VCI aims to combat violent crime in and around Jersey City.

Anthony Phillips, real full name: Anthony Phillips; exact criminal charges: conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine, possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; city and state: Jersey City, New Jersey; exact date: June 6, 2024; sentence or outcome: detained; dollar amounts: none.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/two-hudson-county-new-jersey-men-charged-drug-offenses-connection-jersey-city-street