ROCKINGHAM — A man is accused of trying to dump meth after leading deputies on a chase with a motorcycle.
A deputy reportedly tried to initiate a traffic stop on Airport Road Saturday after noticing that the motorcycle driven by 56-year-old Brian Kieth Dixon didn’t have a license plate, according to a press release from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
Dixon reportedly refused to stop and eventually jumped off the motorcycle while on Osborne Road and fled on foot, but was caught soon after.
Investigators said a deputy found several bags of suspected methamphetamine that Dixon had thrown out during the chase.
He was arrested and charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver methamphetamine, fleeing to elude arrest and maintaining a vehicle for a controlled substance.
Dixon was also served outstanding warrants for possession of stolen goods and second-degree trespassing.
He was booked into the Richmond County Jail, where he is being held under a combined $52,000 secured bond.
Records with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction show Dixon is currently serving a 12-month suspended sentence following a May 14 conviction of possession with intent to sell a Schedule II controlled substance.
Investigators served a search warrant at Dixon’s home in February, reportedly finding more than 20 grams of suspected meth.
Dixon was first convicted in Richmond County of felony breaking and entering in 1983, for which he served about a year behind bars.
His most recent conviction, in 2015, was in Brunswick County for possession or distribution of a meth precursor and possession with intent to sell a Schedule I controlled substance. He served just less than nine months for that offense.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
