ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis man appeared in federal court Monday morning to face trial for killing nine people in less than six years as part of an ongoing cocaine trafficking ring in the area.

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri have charged Anthony Jordan (aka “T.T.,” “Two Techs,” and “Godfather”) with nine counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in which a death resulted, one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, and one count of possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

According to the indictment, Jordan gunned down the following people on these dates:

  • April 19, 2008 – Al Walters, Linnie Jackson, and Keith Burks
  • Feb. 3, 2010 – Marquis Jones and Keairrah Johnson
  • June 25, 2013 – Anthony “Blinky” Clark
  • Dec. 29, 2013 – Robert “Parker G” Parker and Clara Walker
  • Jan. 21, 2014 – Michail “Yellow Mack” Gridiron

Jordan was indicted and arrested in August 2015 but was only linked to the deaths of Parker, Walker, and Gridiron. In December 2018, he was named alongside eight other men in a superseding federal indictment to strike against the drug ring and charged with killing the six remaining victims.

At the time of the superseding indictment, federal prosecutors announced they would seek the death penalty against Jordan.

The other men named in the 2018 indictment were Adrian Lemons, Jose E. Cavazos, Maurice Woodson, Virgil Sims, Charles Thompson, Michael Grady, Oscar Dillon, and Farrad Johnson.

Woodson pleaded guilty in February 2021 to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in death, and one count of witness tampering. He was sentenced to 276 months in prison.

Lemons and Sims both pleaded guilty in May 2019 to one count of cocaine conspiracy. Lemons received a 20-year sentence. Federal prosecutors recommended a five-year sentence for Sims.

Thompson pleaded guilty in January 2020 to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, three counts of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in death, and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Grady and Dillon were both convicted in April 2021 of drug conspiracy, attempted obstruction of justice, and money laundering. Grady was sentenced to 18 years and 10 months in federal prison, while Dillon was sentenced to 15 years and seven months in federal prison.

Johnson was sentenced to 36 months in prison in July 2021 after admitting to maintaining a drug house for the trafficking ring.