TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County man was sentenced yesterday to 90 months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced.

Anthony Brown, 31, of Trenton, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch on February 17, 2026 in Trenton federal court to an Indictment charging him with possessing firearms as a convicted felon.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

During the evening of October 3, 2023, Trenton Police Officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Brown. During the stop, Brown exited the vehicle and fled on foot. Brown then led law enforcement on a foot pursuit along the Delaware and Raritan Canal while he clutched a dark-colored cross-body style bag in his hands. Brown attempted to discard his bag in brush adjacent to the canal before he dove into the canal. Officers caught up with Brown, assisted him getting out of the canal, and subsequently arrested him. Inside Brown's bag were two semi-automatic handguns. Brown's status as a felon-at the time, he had prior felony convictions-prohibited him from possessing firearms.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Kirsch sentenced Brown to 3 years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer credited special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Newark Field Division, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Beau Kolodka; officers of the Trenton Police Department, under the supervision of Director Steve Wilson; and members of the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, under the direction of Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey, with the investigation leading to the sentencing.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Richard G. Shephard and Jonathan S. Garelick of the U.S. Attorney's Office's Criminal Division in Trenton.

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Defense counsel: Aidan P. O'Connor, Esq., of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.