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Century Man Charged For Possessing Drugs That Led To Hwy 164 Shooting

A Century man is accused of tossing drugs out the window of a vehicle, leading to an incident in which shots were fired at a couple picking up cans along Highway 164.

Montaio Dearies Mitchell, 20, was charged with possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. He was later released from the Escambia County Jail on a $2,500 bond.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said Mitchell had hydrocodone and over five grams of cocaine in a shaving kit bag.  Deputies said Mitchell was driving east on Highway 164 on January 29 when he saw a marked police car turn around near the area of Pine Barren Creek and Highway 164. Mitchell accelerated and continued east on Highway 164 where he discarded the bag by throwing it out of the his vehicle’s window along Highway 164 near Pine Barren Road, according to an arrest report.

The deputy caught up with Mitchell and conducted a traffic stop on Century Boulevard and Brown Road, about fives miles away from where the bag was discovered.

Mitchell, according to an arrest report, later told deputies that he did posses the shaving kit bag and threw it out because it belonged to his cousin, Akino Jama Jackson. Mitchell said he did not know what was in the bag.

Jackson was charged with opening fire near an older couple on Highway 164 a few hours after the traffic stop involving Mitchell.

Escambia  County Sheriff’s Office investigators said a husband and wife were picking up cans from the shoulder of Highway 164 on January 29 when a vehicle stopped and Jackson (pictured left) confronted the couple, reportedly demanding that they return his property — the drugs that were allegedly tossed at the location  earlier in the day. Jackson then fired the rifle “into the ground several times in the vicinity of the victims” before fleeing in the vehicle, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. No one was struck by the gunfire, and there were no injuries.

The couple then drove about six miles to their home before calling for help. Deputies recovered multiple shell casings alongside Highway 164, consistent with the couple’s story. Jackson was positively identified by one of the victims.

Jackson was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, firing a weapon in public, and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. He was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $30,000 bond.

Pictured top: An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office investigator January 29 at the scene of a shots fired incident along Highway 164 near Pine Barren Road. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.