Anthony Phillips

**Anthony Phillips** was a unaired potential predator involved in the Flagler Beach, Florida edition of **To Catch a Predator**.

## Biography

Phillips was born in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2003, he completed his high school education there and enrolled at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He stated that he wanted to major in political science and work for the CIA while still a junior. He and his girlfriend shared a condo, and he made a living by working at a local restaurant.

Phillips started conversing with a decoy he thought was named "Kimmie", a fourteen-year-old girl, on December 9, 2006. He was regarded by Perverted Justice as a "fast mover." Using the screen name "g8rman21," a reference to his affinity for alligator hunting, he said that although he had examinations that evening, he would drive to her house afterward so they could "watch a scary movie and see if anything happens." He recognized that she was a child and called her cute, explaining that her age did not bother him. Phillips inquired if she was a virgin and whether she was still in junior high. He didn't want to talk about anything overtly sexual, as if he knew the decoy was attempting to set him up. At least a dozen times, Phillips warned the decoy not to inform her parents or anyone else and that he might get in trouble, showing that he was aware of her age and that what he was doing was improper.

He started the two-hour drive to Flagler Beach about 9:45 at night. His conversation with Chris Hansen was never broadcasted or made public. Phillips appeared in numerous scenes in the show seated at the bar. He was arrested and brought to the police department. He admitted during his police questioning that he had brought a condom along and that he would have engaged in sexual activity with the girl. Phillips didn't speak for the majority of the interview and just responded briefly to the questions that were posed to him. Phillips was initially charged with the three felonies. He later plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquincy of a minor. Although he did not have to register as a sex offender, he was sentenced to two years of probation, submit for a psychological sexual evaluation, not allowed on chat rooms, and have no contact with children under the age of eighteen.

## Post-Predator Activities

On September 17, 2012, Phillips went back to Kentucky and was employed at the Breckenridge County Detention Facility. He was there for more than six years. He began working as a deputy with the Breckenridge County Sheriff's Office in November 2018. Phillips was recruited by Sheriff Todd Pate because he only had misdemeanor convictions because he did not want to kick him when he was down, according to Pate, who would subsequently receive a jail sentence for two DUIs. However, Phillips was let go in May 2019 after he failed a polygraph examination over the specifics of his 2006 arrest.

In June 2019, Phillips was interviewed by WDRB. When the journalist questioned Phillips about why he was meeting a fourteen-year-old, Phillips responded that he wasn't going to since the person he was speaking to on the phone was in their 30s or 40s. In response to a question about why he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors, Phillips responded, "that's what I needed to do." Phillips claims that his faith gave him strength and that he has no remorse about what transpired. He said, "I've recently been saved. I've been forgiven for everything I've done, so I don't have any regrets."

Phillips claimed he passed the polygraph and was honest about an incident that was "personal in nature," but he didn't want to make those details public since they stemmed from a "childhood thing." Phillips claimed that when he was hired by the Sheriff's Office, they were already aware of his arrest from 2006. Phillips insisted that he thought someone had pressured the officials to fire him. Pate informed WDRB that neither his DUI arrest nor any suggestions to terminate Phillips were factors in his decision to fire Phillips. He claims there was no extortion or blackmail. As of April 4, 2021, Phillips now works as a self-employed electrical contractor in London, Kentucky.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2021/04/gator-hunting-cop-predator-fired-13.html
2. ↑ http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=g8rman21
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/fired-breckinridge-county-deputy-opens-up-about-his-arrest-in-predator-sting/article\_ead96706-86e8-11e9-bebe-930eeb4a55d2.html