Rankin-Madison District Attorney Michael Guest issued the following press release:
Convicted Felon and Drug Dealer Found Guilty after Failing to Appear at Trial
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that following a two day trial David Deshone Cage was found guilty of Sale of Marijuana while in Possession of a Firearm and Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Sentencing has been postponed until Cage is arrested for failing to appear for trial.
On Tuesday, January 23, 2014, officers with the Ridgeland Police Department and a confidential informant made an uncover purchase of narcotics. The confidential informant contacted Cage from whom she had on prior occasions purchased marijuana and arranged to meet him at the Red Roof Inn. The informant was outfitted with a video recorder and was given official state funds to purchase the narcotics from Cage. The informant also advised law enforcement that Cage routinely carried a firearm.
At approximately 9:00 p.m. Cage arrived at the Red Roof Inn. The informant entered Cage’s vehicle were money was exchanged for marijuana. After the informant exits the vehicle law enforcement stops the defendant’s vehicle before it can exit the parking lot. A search of the vehicle revealed a Rossi .38 caliber handgun and an additional bag of marijuana. Cage was also searched and located in his left front pocket was the official state funds that had been given to him in exchange for the marijuana.
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Cage made numerous court appearances but he failed to appear for Court on the day of his trial. Cage’s attorney stated that Cage was aware of his trial date and that Cage had stopped communicating with him on the days leading up to the trial. It was determined that Cage had absconded in an effort to avoid trial and to force the court to issue a continuance. Cage was tried and convicted in his absence.
Guest stated, “Cage is a subsequent drug offender who routinely mixed firearms with the sale of drugs. Cage is not only a drug dealer but he is also a fugitive who is on the run from the law. Because of his previous arrest with a handgun, Cage should be considered armed and if anyone has information about the whereabouts of Cage please contact the Madison County Sheriff’s Department.”
Guest added, “The Ridgeland Police Department’s Narcotics Department conducted a textbook case that has resulted in the conviction of an armed drug dealer. I cannot thank them enough for their hard work in ridding our neighborhoods of drug. We now need your help in locating Cage so that he can be held accountable for the crimes for which he has been convicted.”
Cage has been previously convicted of possession of Cocaine in Hinds County and is currently a fugitive from justice.
District Attorney Michael Guest was sworn into office in January 2008 and represents the Twentieth Judicial District, Madison and Rankin Counties. For more information regarding the District Attorney’s office, please visit www.daguest.com.
Defendant:
Name: David Deshone Cage
Address: 726 Lawrance Road, Jackson
Date of Birth: May 25, 1980
7 comments:
Post a photo and offer a reward. I live a mile from there and will keep an eye out if there's an incentive.
@9:49 If there's incentive? How about it being the right thing to do? How about getting an armed, drug dealing felon off the streets that are so close to your home? Incentive...."pay me to do the right thing"...what a joke of a concerned citizen you seem to be.
@9:49 If there's incentive? How about it being the right thing to do? How about getting an armed, drug dealing felon off the streets that are so close to your home? Incentive...."pay me to do the right thing"...what a joke of a concerned citizen you seem to be.
Shouldn't be difficult to raise a posse and catch the runner. Especially with all us folks who're taking time off for NCF.
Since I'm commenting already, I'll mention that this is a huge waste of public resources to battle the perpetual losing "drug war". Our laws produce this outcome by keeping the price high, making the illicit trade profitable through so many channels. The street dealer or the user is the only one caught for the most part, and law enforcement has no incentives nor abilities to go after the big distributers, importers, or cartels.
If you condider all of the social costs in real $$$$ including the misappropriated public resources--- jail/,prisons & associated operating costs, law enforcement, judicial, etc.--- we are kicking the can down the road while using the band-aid approach to a much larger problem. In fact, we exacerbate the problem by not addressing it as a public health issue with a serious long-term plan.
Maybe this will be an issue for the next generation to make under financial duress when people finally realize the exorbitant costs of the "drug war" and the "war on terrorism", neither of which is mutually exclusive.
Consider the costs for American troops to guard poppy crops in Afghanistan just the cherry on the top of us creating our own problems in addition to those that will always exist.
If we treat these issues with the idea that we have unlimited funds to throw at these problems and they only continue to grow worse, someone has to stop for a moment and use some critical thinking to consider "maybe we're handling this situation all wrong."
I better step down off my soapbox now because my fellow conservative brethren have emptied the farmer's market of fresh produce, and history tells me I'm going to be pelted.
Y'all stand back so you don't end up being "collateral damage". But seriously, if folks will stop and think about the problem and what we're actually doing as a society, I'll gladly wear some FRESH produce. Don't be throwing that rotten crap at me. Put that in your compost pile for your garden and we'll both do better.
I know I don't have all the answers to making the changes necessary, but I know collectively we can change this process if we want to, and it will be easier to do now than waiting later when other issues like immigration, etc. become intermingled and more complicated to address.
Just THINK ABOUT IT, please. We can do much better by using our conservative ideals and problem-solving skills. Much better.
True Mississippi Conservative
I am sure the informant doesn't appreciate the fact that this weapon carrying dope dealer is out on the streets and this story is public.
No need for law enforcement wasting any time looking for this fugitive, the bonding company is already on it, and has all the incentive to the tune of 30 THOUSAND dollars.
Bail bonding is a very interesting business. It operates on the outer limits of civility. See the current Chunn bondsman case before the Supreme Court-Richard A. Chunn v Dept of Insurance.
Mr Cage might be a candidate for a small farmer in a more just society. As mentioned above the drug war has many businesses and public offices attached to it and while dangerous for the public it is thrilling and rewarding for others.
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