CANTON MAN SENTENCED TO 64 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SALE OF DRUGS

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney John K. “Bubba” Bramlett announced today that Khadafy Manning was sentenced to serve sixty-four years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for the sale of cocaine within 1,500 feet of a church as a subsequent drug offender while in the possession of a firearm. 

In May 2025, narcotics investigators with the Madison County Sheriff's Department conducted multiple controlled purchases of crack cocaine from Manning at his Canton, Mississippi residence. During all the undercover drug purchases, a confidential informant was fitted with a covert camera that recorded Manning selling the drugs. After further investigation into Manning's drug distribution scheme, investigators executed a search warrant at his Canton home and discovered crack cocaine, marijuana, alprazolam, and a handgun. 

Manning was charged with three counts of sale of cocaine, one count of possession of cocaine with the intent to sell while in possession of a firearm, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon as a subsequent drug offender and non-violent habitual offender. He pled guilty on May 19, 2026 and was sentenced to sixty-four years to serve. Manning had been previously convicted twice in the Circuit Court of Madison County for Sale of Cocaine—first in 2003 and again in 2007. 

District Attorney Bramlett stated, “We want to thank the Madison County Sherriff’s Department for their continued efforts to crack down on drug dealers in our area. Mr. Manning had already been convicted twice of selling cocaine, and yet, almost twenty years later, he was still selling narcotics in Canton. We will not tolerate individuals pushing drugs into our streets and communities. I hope this sentence is a message and a warning for not only Mr. Manning, but anyone else who thinks that this is a good way to make a living.” 

Defendant: Khadafy C. Manning 

DOB: 12/02/1981 

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