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Keith Jackson Jr. arrested on drug charges

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Former Arkansas defensive tackle Keith Jackson Jr. was arrested on Friday on suspicion of felony drug charges after being found in an apartment with marijuana, cocaine and Ecstasy.

Prosecutors in Little Rock District Court said that 2 pounds of marijuana, 1 gram of cocaine and about 50 tablets of Ecstasy were found in the apartment. Three other people were also arrested, and police said two minor children were at the apartment when they executed a search warrant.

Jackson, 24, was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana, cocaine and Ecstasy with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal use of another's property.

Marvin Johnson, 22, of Little Rock was arrested on the same charges.

Police also arrested the pair who lived in the apartment - David Adams, 27, and Lacanna Smith, 24 - on the same charges, as well as maintaining a drug premises and endangering the welfare of a minor.

Jackson said nothing during a brief court appearance, his hands cuffed behind his back. He was later released on $50,000 bond.

Jackson was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in 2007 but released that year. He signed with the San Diego Chargers in 2008 but was again released. He is the son of Keith Jackson, who played for the Eagles, Dolphins and Packers in the 1980s and '90s.

Updated June 5, 2009