Springdale woman arrested in connection with drug ring bust pleads not guilty

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A Springdale woman arrested in connection with a drug ring bust that led to five other arrests, pleaded not guilty earlier this week, according to court documents.

Win Sin, 30, was arrested on August 23 by the 4th Judicial Drug Task Force on one count of accomplice to trafficking methamphetamine. Sin pleaded not guilty during her arraignment on September 11.

Antwaine Jackson Sr., 43, Antwain Jackson Jr., 24, Marquesha Young, 32, Crystal Kitt, 37, and Shawn Williams, 50 were also arrested in connection with the bust.

Jackson Sr. was reportedly identified as a “multiple-pound distributor of methamphetamine in the Northwest Arkansas area” and the focus of the investigation, according to preliminary police reports.

Detectives with the 4th Judicial Drug Task Force learned that Jackson Sr. would be receiving a shipment of meth from south Arkansas on August 23.

Detectives surveilled Jackson’s home, where they saw a vehicle driven by Williams and Young.

Jackson Sr. and Sin, his wife, left the home in separate cars and went to a nearby storage unit. The report said he was seen entering a unit with a bag and leaving with a white box before returning to his home.

Jackson Sr. and his wife returned home where Young left with a backpack and got into another vehicle with Jackson Sr. The report said police approached the vehicle and the two fled at a high speed before driving through multiple residential yards and crashing into a ditch. Both fled and were later apprehended.

Police served a search warrant on the storage unit and found 7.5 pounds of marijuana inside.

The report said Jackson Sr. threw six hydrocodone pills under the vehicle as he was being arrested and had nearly $1,400 in cash on him.

Marijuana and a drug ledger were found in the vehicle and the backpack contained more than $5,000 and 12 ounces of marijuana.

More than four pounds of meth and a “small amount of cocaine” were also found in a car registered to Sin.

Jackson Sr. spoke with police and said he had sold one to two pounds of meth a week for several months and Young provided him with the meth in exchange for marijuana and cash.

Sin allegedly allowed Jackson Sr. to use her vehicle for drug deals and transferred money to an El Dorado man, later identified as the middleman, to buy meth. She also allowed transfers of money Jackson received during deals to be sent to one of her accounts, according to the report.

Jackson Jr. was also part of the investigation. He was arrested after he attempted to flee from police at a Fayetteville Walmart. Police found two loaded firearms after searching his home, one of which was reportedly stolen out of the Fayetteville Police Department , and one pound of marijuana.

Kitt was also arrested for her alleged involvement in the ring.

Jackson Sr., Jackson Jr., Williams, Young, and Kitt are set to appear in court on September 18.

Sin’s trial date was set for 8 a.m. on October 22.

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