Man Admits Selling Cocaine To Undercover Officers In Ocean County

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A Middlesex County man has pleaded guilty in a cocaine distribution case in Ocean County, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.

Shaun Anderson, 47, of Piscataway, pleaded guity on to one count of distribution of more than a half-ounce of cocaine before Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan on Tuesday, the prosecutor's office said.

Anderson was arrested March 21, 2024, following a two-month investigation that identified him as distributing cocaine in Ocean County, the prosecutor's office said.

During the investigation, he sold cocaine to undercover police officers in Lakewood and Toms River, the prosecutor's office said.

He was arrested by New Jersey State Police and charged on a summons, the prosecutor's office said.

Anderson is scheduled for sentencing on March 7, and prosecutors will be seeking a 10-year prison sentence, authorities said.