A Davenport man whose criminal history includes convictions for robbery, theft, forgery and drug trafficking dating back to 2009 has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for trafficking in meth and possessing a firearm to further the drug trafficking.
Roy Albert Phillips, 35, was sentenced Sept. 16 during a hearing in U.S. District Court, Davenport, before Chief U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose.
Phillips was on parole when at 11:10 p.m. on Feb. 27, 2023, an Iowa State Patrol trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a gold GMC Envoy Phillips was driving in the 500 block of West 17th Street in Davenport.
Phillips fled the trooper but struck a pole in the 1800 block of West 12th Street. Phillips fled on foot but was soon captured.
A bag Phillips had been carrying contained 479.30 grams, or 1.05 pounds, of meth. Also seized from the bag was a Ruger firearm that was loaded with a round in the chamber.
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Phillips was charged in Scott County District Court with drug trafficking and weapons offenses related to the case. However, those charges were dropped when Phillips was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 6, 2023, on charges of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime and felon in possession of a firearm.
On April 22, 2024, Phillips pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.
Rose sentenced Pillips to 240 months, or 20 years, for the possession with the intent to distribute conviction and 60 months, or five years, for the weapons conviction.
Phillips’ federal sentences will run consecutive to any of his Iowa sentences that must still be served in four cases.
Rose also ordered Phillips to serve five years on supervised release once he completes his federal prison sentence.
There is no parole in the federal system.
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