Man arrested while out on bond, authorities say

Man, woman accused of selling drugs with baby in back seat, sheriff says

A man and woman facing drug charges are accused of dealing drugs with a 2-year-old child in the back seat of their car, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said. Antoine D. Johnson, 34, of Clinton, and Destinye Brown, 19, of Jackson, were arrested about 9 p.m. Thursday during an undercover narcotics operation near the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and U.S. Highway 49 in Rankin County, Bailey said. Officers had worked together to arrange a drug deal, buying 50 ecstasy tablets and marijuana from someone identified by Twinkie, Bailey said.When Twinkie pulled up in a gray Nissan, the arrest team moved in, seizing 4 grams of cocaine, 40 hits of ecstasy and marijuana, $6,000 and a loaded gun, authorities said.While investigating, police realized Johnson was out on bond for a previous felony fleeing charge stemming from a police chase in Morton, Bailey said. Johnson had been enrolled in Rankin County's drug court program at the time of his arrest, authorities said.Johnson was immediately taken into custody and booked on charges of trafficking of controlled substance and felony possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, authorities said. Bronson was charged with felony possession of controlled substance and child neglect.The child is now in her grandmother's custody, Bailey said.

A man and woman facing drug charges are accused of dealing drugs with a 2-year-old child in the back seat of their car, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said.

Antoine D. Johnson, 34, of Clinton, and Destinye Brown, 19, of Jackson, were arrested about 9 p.m. Thursday during an undercover narcotics operation near the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and U.S. Highway 49 in Rankin County, Bailey said.


Officers had worked together to arrange a drug deal, buying 50 ecstasy tablets and marijuana from someone identified by Twinkie, Bailey said.

When Twinkie pulled up in a gray Nissan, the arrest team moved in, seizing 4 grams of cocaine, 40 hits of ecstasy and marijuana, $6,000 and a loaded gun, authorities said.

While investigating, police realized Johnson was out on bond for a previous felony fleeing charge stemming from a police chase in Morton, Bailey said. Johnson had been enrolled in Rankin County's drug court program at the time of his arrest, authorities said.

Johnson was immediately taken into custody and booked on charges of trafficking of controlled substance and felony possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, authorities said.

Bronson was charged with felony possession of controlled substance and child neglect.

The child is now in her grandmother's custody, Bailey said.