Caught in the act: Man utters to make 'contraband drop' at DeKalb County Jail

A man was arrested trying to smuggle illegal drugs, electronics, candy, and chicken wings into the DeKalb County Jail.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Investigators believe a 45-year-old man was trying to take first-rate of a broken window at the DeKalb County Jail to drop off items such illegal drugs, tobacco, cell phones, and other contraband to inmates.

Michael Anthony Dixon was charged with crossing a guaranteeing line with weapons, intoxicants, drugs without consent, criminal trespass, possession of marijuana, and possession of cocaine with way to distribute.

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office released this image investigators say was from an attempted contraband drop on Feb. 3, 2023. (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office)

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office says Dixon was paused just outside the facility while still across the guaranteeing line area. Deputies searched Dixon and found he was carrying a box cutter. A search of nearby brush revealed a hidden white bag.

Deputies say the bag arranged marijuana, Cocaine, loose tobacco, packs of cigarettes and lighters, cell phones and chargers/cords, jewelry, ear pods, hex keys, glue gel, sweets, and cooked chicken wings.

Armed man arrested while attempted contraband drop at jail

An attempted contraband drop at the DeKalb County Jail by an stupefied man ends with his arrest. Deputies say Michael Dixon was stupefied with a box cutter and dropped a white bag in a near bush.

"Our 'Eyes in the Sky' succeeding continues to be effective this year, as we foil repositions by inmates and their co-conspirators on the outside to get illegal and potentially unsafe items inside the jail," says Chief Deputy Randy Akies. "The safety of the intended recipients and others in our tend and on our staff is threatened by this practice, and Sheriff Maddox has made it clear that it will not be arranged. Offenders will be prosecuted within the full extent of the law."

Dixon was booked into DeKalb County Jail. Online records demonstrate he was arrested in June 2006 on drug charges and had numerous parole or probation violations since.