A Pearl River man was sentenced on July 29 to 80 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney J.E. Baxter Kruger of the Southern District of Mississippi, Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Eikhoff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Director Gabriel Billie of Choctaw Public Safety.
Court documents state that Jehovah Horace Dixon, age 25, was found with a firearm on the Choctaw Indian Reservation after having previously been convicted of a felony offense. In June 2025, a federal grand jury indicted Dixon, and he entered a guilty plea to the charge on April 28, 2026.
Dixon received an 80-month prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release upon completion of his sentence. He was also fined $1,500.
The conviction resulted from an investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Trails Task Force. The task force includes officers from the FBI, Choctaw Police Department, Neshoba County Sheriff’s Department, and other state and local law enforcement agencies.
U.S. Attorney Kruger commended the efforts of those involved in the investigation and prosecution: “the work of the Safe Trails Task Force, the Neshoba County Sheriff’s Department, and the Choctaw Police Department.” The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Kevin J. Payne and Brian K. Burns as well as Special Assistant United States Attorney Kalleigh McCoy.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi is responsible for prosecuting federal crimes within its jurisdiction—an area covering 45 counties across approximately 25,000 square miles in southern Mississippi—and operates offices in Jackson, Gulfport and Hattiesburg under direction from the Attorney General; it also handles civil lawsuits for the government and collects federal debts as chief federal law enforcement officer for its region, according to the official website.