MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A Florence woman pled guilty to poisoning an elderly man with fentanyl, according to Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett.

Bramlett said Dixie Cheyenne White, 31, pled guilty to aggravated assault as a habitual offender. She was sentenced to serve 20 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without the possibility of parole.

On June 14, 2023, Ridgeland police received a call for an man who was suffering from a drug overdose. The man claimed he had been poisoned by a woman named Dixie and that she had stolen his car. The man stated he had met the woman at the Food Depot in Jackson, and she offered to come back to his house to work on his truck with him.

When he was released from the hospital, investigators met with him again and discovered that his iPhone, two handguns and two credit cards were also missing. Using tag readers throughout the area, Bramlett said investigators were able to locate the stolen vehicle back at the Food Depot with several people inside, including White.

She was detained and interviewed regarding her knowledge of the stolen car. Bramlett said White confessed to investigators that she had met the elderly man and convinced him she could work on his truck. She stated that later that night she had poured some fentanyl in a soda drink so he would go to sleep. When he was asleep, she stole his guns, credit cards and car.

“It is a miracle the 84-year-old victim in this case survived unknowingly ingesting fentanyl. The defendant could have easily killed this elderly man in her attempt to knock him out so she could rob him blind. I want to commend the investigators of the Ridgeland Police Department for all the work they did to ensure his property was located and the person responsible was apprehended,” said Bramlett.