LAS VEGAS (Court TV) — A Nevada woman avoided jail time after pleading guilty to dragging a police officer with her car while she was with teenagers attempting to shoplift from Target.
Keneshia Dixon appears in court for sentencing on June 24, 2026. (Court TV)
Keneshia Dixon pleaded guilty to resisting a public officer with the use of a firearm — despite the fact that no firearm was used in the incident in Aug. 2025. At Dixon’s sentencing hearing on Wednesday, Judge Kathleen Delaney explained that because there was no appropriate charge to indicate that the weapon Dixon used was actually a vehicle, they were left using the existing legal language in the charging document.
Dixon had initially been charged with second-degree kidnapping and escape, but those charges were dismissed as part of the agreement she reached with prosecutors, which also included the state withholding any recommendation for sentencing…