Felon Convicted of New Drug and Gun Charges at Trial

ST. LOUIS – A convicted felon from St. Louis, Missouri who was caught twice with guns and drugs was found guilty Wednesday of all seven charges that he faced.

Jurors found Antonio Dixson, 37, guilty of two counts of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a defaced firearm.

Evidence and testimony at trial showed that on Dec. 1, 2020, Dixson was stopped in Wentzville, Missouri in a Honda SUV that had fled from St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers two weeks earlier. When Dixson stepped out of the rear seat of the vehicle, a Glock pistol fell from his waist to the ground. A Taurus Judge revolver was visibly protruding from his pocket. Police then found ammunition and drugs, including fentanyl, methamphetamine, PCP and cocaine, in his pockets.

After Dixson was indicted for the Wentzville incident, he was arrested on Feb. 25, 2021, by St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers who spotted a Mercury Villager driving the wrong way on a one-way street. Officers found two guns and drugs in the pockets of Dixson’s pants.

Dixson is a convicted felon and is thus barred from possessing firearms.

Dixson is scheduled to be sentenced on June 3. He faces a sentence of at least 10 years in prison.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Wentzville Police Department and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jason Dunkel and Hal Goldsmith are prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.