Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.
Shortly after 12:00pm on Thursday, April 10, 2025, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigative & Narcotics Division executed a residential search warrant at an address on Tami Ave near Richland, MS.
Investigators executed the search warrant after a narcotics investigation led to the identification of two suspects selling Methamphetamine from the residence.
During the search warrant, Barry Tatum Yawn and Dawn Marie Martin were arrested and multiple packages of Methamphetamine were recovered in addition to a 9mm handgun.
Yawn has been charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sale or Distribute, Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon, and Conspiracy to Commit a Felony.
After Yawn’s arrest it was discovered that he had been recently released from prison for Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon & Possession of Methamphetamine.
Dawn Martin has been charged with Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon and Conspiracy to Commit a Felony.
Both suspects are being housed at the Rankin County Detention Center without bond until their initial appearance in Rankin County Court.
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department would like to express its appreciation to the Richland Police Department for their assistance in this investigation.
**Barry Tatum Yawn was featured by MS Today in a 2023 article detailing alleged abuse by deputies with the Rankin County Sheriff's Office.
19 comments:
meth , the official breakfast of rankin county.
any time you hear of a fire in a residential area of rankin county, and yes that includes the reservoir area, the fire was caused by cooking meth until proven otherwise.
Yawn was a star informant for Mississippi Today, that Bastion of journalistic ethics. According to Mississippi Today, Yawn was maltreated by the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office. Clearly Yawn was a solid citizen found by Mississippi Today to be misunderstood. He is clearly the kind of person that all Rankin Countians should look up to ….. according to Mississippi Today.
Rankin rednecks will redneck.
The twist is that he is 23 and she is 27
@10:51 Thanks for checking in, Sheriff. Make sure you deduct this time from your timesheets
@10:42 Nobody cooks meth anymore. This country is absolutely flooded with meth from Asia for dirt cheap. There is a reason there are no longer restrictions on buying real Sudafed and other precursors.
I just had to know, so I looked it up. According to namediscoveries.com "The surname Yawn is of English origin and is derived from the Old English word "geon," meaning "yawn" or "gape." It is believed to have been a nickname given to someone with a wide or open mouth, or perhaps someone who frequently yawned. "
What? All this time I have been cooking meth with a 22 liter flask and I can now buy the imported variety? Damn.
Or as we say nowadays, a mouth breather.
"The twist is that he is 23 and she is 27".
In dog years?
My first thought, too, when I found that entry, 4:12. Great minds think alike!
What does David Hartman say about the weather "Rinse and Repeat" same applies to these two; Back to Jail for a few more years than when released resume operations. "Rinse and Repeat."
Damn, I hope tariffs don't apply to my imported stuff.
Hopefully, this cute couple will marry after they put this sordid affair behind them, and the bride will then forever be known as Dawn Yawn.
"Hopefully, this cute couple will marry after they put this sordid affair behind them, and the bride will then forever be known as Dawn Yawn." Ha! It's the Married with Children 'Marcy D'arcy' in real life!
That kind of sounds like "down yonder."
Nothing says prison quite like a meth stash in a Crown Royal pouch.
to 10;42........in rankin county cooking meth is consider a culinary art.
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