CAPTURED LR FUGITIVE ALSO FACES FEDERAL CHARGE

Anarian Chad Jackson, the 25-year-old Little Rock man considered one of
Little Rock's most wanted fugitives before his recent arrest, now faces a
federal conspiracy charge that alleges a pattern of cocaine dealing dating
back 10 years.

A Sept. 5 indictment against Jackson, imprisoned in the state Department of
Correction's Brickeys Unit, also names Victor Garrett, 22. Jackson, who
faces both the conspiracy charge and a federal count of possession with
intent to distribute marijuana, is to appear for plea and arraignment in
federal court in Little Rock later this month before U.S. Magistrate Jerry
Cavaneau.

Pulaski County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Shannon Short said the federal
case against Jackson will affect only one of the five cases he has pending
in Pulaski County Circuit Court. In that case Jackson faces a felony count
of possession of a controlled substance that resulted from his June 21
arrest at the Greyhound bus station in North Little Rock. Police said
Jackson stepped off the bus with about 2 pounds of marijuana.

"[The federal indictment] includes the drug charge at the bus station and,
pending the outcome of that case, we would [dismiss] it," Short said. "All
of the other cases we are going to pursue. He's not going to get off easy."

Little Rock police tried several times late last year to corral Jackson,
who was wanted on several felony warrants for shootings and other crimes
over the past year and a half.

Charges he faces in Pulaski County Circuit Court include two counts of
unlawful discharge of a weapon from a vehicle in a March 19, 1999, drive-by
shooting near Asher Avenue and Fair Park Boulevard; one count of unlawful
discharge of a weapon from a vehicle in a Sept. 8, 1999, drive-by shooting
at 20th and Maple streets; first-degree murder in the Jan. 5 shooting death
of Charles Raynor, 23; and aggravated robbery and theft of property. He has
pleaded innocent to all charges. The federal indictment, filed by Assistant
U.S. Attorney Kevin Alexander, alleges Jackson and Garrett belonged the
Little Rock street gang known as the West Side Posse. According to the
indictment: "Members promote the objective of the West Side Posse by
conducting hand to hand deliveries of cocaine base, also known as crack
cocaine, as a part of their participation in the organization. This crack
cocaine is primarily supplied to the members by the leaders of the
organization."

U.S. Attorney Michael Johnson said he does not know for sure if the crimes
in the Pulaski County charges would serve as part of the proof federal
prosecutors would use if the conspiracy charge goes to trial.

"I don't know what specific charges he faces in state court. Certainly that
could be possible in the sense that if the specific charges relate to the
conspiracy," Johnson said.

Convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver in October 1998,
Jackson received a 56-month prison sentence. Later that year he was freed
on a $21,000 bond while his case was appealed.

In letters written to Pulaski County Circuit Judge John Langston in a
pre-sentence report, a woman identifying herself as the mother of Jackson's
daughter and his boss at a center city auto detailing shop said he was
trying to build a new life. Another letter, one from the Rev. Richard
Jackson, said Chad Jackson, whose mother was murdered when he was 6 years
old, has experienced "I'm sure more than you and I both at an early age."

The minister wrote, "So I ask that you give him a chance first, and this
will be his first and last time coming into your court."