Newport man with criminal drug past goes back to jail

    A man with a criminal drug history is back behind bars for trying to sell drugs close to a school.
    Newport Police arrested Willie Walton after officers saw him walking around downtown.
    He had been wanted as part of an on-going drug investigation.
    Police say they found him with almost six grams of crack cocaine.
    They charged him with four counts of intent to sell and deliver crack within a thousand feet of a school.
    He got out of prison in May.