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Three Sentenced In Drug Case; Fourth Awaits Trial

As of last week, three people have been sentenced to jail or prison and a fourth is awaiting trial in connection with a drug-related search warrant executed in Century back in April.

Members of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Narotics Unit executed the search warrant at Travis Lavar Scott’s residence at 6860 Gilford Lane in Century on April 9 and arrested Orlando Dantaus Dixon, 22, of Robert Road, Century; Antwon Montrex Smith, 26, of Salters Like Road, Century; and Brandon Dewayne Jackson, 24, of Jefferson Avenue, Century, on variety of charges.

Orlando Dantaus Dixon

Dixon was charged with possession of marijuana over 20 grams. He was found guilty on the felony charge and sentenced to two years in state prison. He was also ordered to pay $518 in court costs and fees. Dixon has filed an appeal.

Dixon is being held in the Holmes Correction Institute in Bonifay. His earliest possible release date is April 3, 2012.

Antwon Montrex Smith

Smith was found guilty on a charge of possession of marijuana less than 20 grams.  He was sentenced to 45 days and is currently in the county’s work release program. His driver’s license was suspended for two years, and $101 in currency seized from Smith was forfeited. He was ordered to pay $388 in court costs and fees.

Brandon Dewayne Jackson

Prosecutors  dropped charges of possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana and destruction of evidence against Jackson.

Jackson had given deputies another name, according to the Sheriff’s Office, at the time of his arrest. When a relative of that person heard that the person Jackson named had been arrested, they called the jail to alert deputies about the incorrect name. About the same time, a fingerprint record returned positively identifying Jackson. Jackson was charged with a public order crime of using a false identification.

He entered a nolo contendere plea on the false name charge and was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail, with credit 124 days served. He was also ordered to pay $273 in court costs and fees. He remains in the Escambia County Jail.

Travis Lavar Scott

Scott is facing two felony counts of marijuana possession. His trial is set for September.

Arrest Warrant Served

According to the the Sheriff’s Office report, deputies heard several individuals running toward the rear of Scott’s residence when the arrest warrant was served on April 9. That is where they found Jackson standing in the bathroom near the toilet. Officers located plastic baggies containing marijuana floating in the tank water.

On Smith’s person, officers located under 20 grams of marijuana and $101 in cash, and on Dixon’s person, they located over 20 grams of marijuana, packed in two separate bags, according to the report.

During the search of the residence, deputies located a marijuana and crack cocaine on an end table, two plastic bags of marijuana in drawer by stove, four plastic bags of crack cocaine in a drawer by the sink, a set of digital scales with marijuana residue on a kitchen counter, a loaded Beretta .40 caliber handgun in a drawer by the kitchen sink and “miscellaneous paperwork”.