SALINE CO.— Something resembling applause was reported coming from the Poplar Street area when one of the area’s better-known convicted cocaine dealers was busted and charged with numerous felonies.
According to sources close to the investigation, on March 4, members of the area’s anti-drug units executed at least one warrant on the home of convicted coke dealer, 32-year-old Dennis Deon Jackson, 32, of 514 West Poplar St.
“We have received numerous calls about this guy for more than a year,” the source said. “Once we got enough information we took action.”
That action resulted in Jackson being charged with three counts of Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine, one count of Unlawful Possession of Cocaine, one count of Unlawful Possession of Cannabis and five counts of Felon in Possession of Weapons.
Jackson earned his first felony prison term following a September 23, 2005 conviction for Manufacture/ Delivery of Cocaine, which earned him a sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), of six years and $489 in fines and fees.
That conviction was the result of a plea deal, prior to which Jackson had originally been charged with Manufacture/Delivery of Cocaine Near A School, Public Housing or Park and Unlawful Possession of Cannabis.
On October 29, 2007 Jackson got out of a bevy of drug charges including Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Possession of Firearm with FOID Card Revoked, Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance, Obstruction of Justice, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Unlawful Possession of Cannabis and two counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
Following a July 10, 2009 conviction for Felon in Possession of a Firearm Jackson was sentenced to IDOC for another five years and ordered to pay $9,877.98 in fines and fees, of which he still owes $1,877.98.
At the time of his arrest Jackson had pending cases including a December 31, 2009 case in which he is charged with Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and Unlawful Possession of Cannabis; a second case from August 22, 2014 in which he stands charged with a single count of Manufacture/ Delivery of Cocaine Near A School, Public Housing or Park; a third from August 26, 2014, in which he is charged again with Manufacture/ Delivery of Cocaine Near A School, Public Housing or Park; and finally a fourth felony case from October 9, 2015 in which he is charged with Aggravated Battery in a Public Place.
No bond information was available in the case.
Jackson has been identified by the area’s thugs as well as their victims as the genius behind many of the shootouts occurring in Saline County for the past five years.
Much speculation had it that Jackson was getting out of his previous charges dating back ten years because of his alleged gang affiliations; reports seem to indicate that the thuggery was allowed to go on because Jackson was able to turn over many useful drug crims to authorities, who then saw their way to turn a blind eye to his other alleged activity.
Those days may have reached their end with this most recent arrest, as the complaints about Jackson have reached legion status and authorities have grown weary of “dealing” with the guy.
The next day, March 11
Jacynda L. Nelson, 26, of 212 East Lincoln St., Harrisburg, has been charged with Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance when authorities say on March 11 city officer Nathan Moore was en route to report of a disturbance, involving Nelson, at 311 East Lincoln St., when he was notified that she was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant.
When Moore made contact with the wanted woman, she was taken into custody.
Subsequent to her arrest she was searched and Moore discovered six tablets of hydrocodone on her person.
At the time of her arrest Nelson was still serving an October 18, 2016 sentence of probation for 30 months after she was convicted on a felony Theft charge.
In addition to probation, Nelson was ordered to pay $4,259 in fines and fees, of which he still owes $3,259.
Cash bond in the case was set at $1,000.
The day after that, March 12
Amber Rae Woods, 23, of Rte. 1, Box 277, Elizabethtown, has been charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
The charges were filed after authorities say on March 12 Woods was found to have on her person less than five grams of meth and a hypodermic needle.
Woods was not taken into custody but served a summons to appear to face her charges.
Milwaukee meth?
In what appears to be an unrelated story, a Harrisburg man has been charged with meth possession.
According to reports Harrisburg officer Nick Keltner was on routine patrol March 20 at approximately 22:39 p.m. when he observed a blue passenger van drive through an alley on 216 West State St.
Keltner said he saw a black male get out of the driver side and white female get out of the passenger side.
He watched as both went into the 216 West State St. address.
Officer Keltner knew the pair to be Michelle Nolasco-Medel and Sekahr A. McAllister, 41, of 2428 North 40th St., Milwaukee, Wis.
When the pair came out of the residence, McAllister was informed that he was under arrest on the outstanding warrant.
A subsequent search revealed McAllister to have in his right pants pocket a green baggy with residue, which tested positive for methamphetamine.
Once turned over to corrections staff, McAllister was being booked and processed for a waiting jail cell when jail staff located another green plastic baggy, this one in his right shoe.
The crystal substance inside the bag also tested positive for methamphetamine.
Cash bond in the case was set at $1,000.