Arraignment was delayed last week for a man accused of having nearly two pounds of methamphetamine stuffed inside a teddy bear after the attorney he said he hired months ago did not show up in court Friday.

Circuit Judge Isadore Patrick delayed arraignment for Ronald Charles Vaughn, 34, 1314 Nutter Drive, Picayune. Vaugh appeared in court Friday after indictment by a Warren County grand jury for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.

Vaugh told Patrick he had hired Jackson attorney Chokwe Lumumba Jr. to represented him in the case. Lumumba did not appear in court Friday, and it was unclear if he represents Vaughn.

Vaughn and a co-defendant were arrested March 17 after Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agents and Vicksburg police raided a home and found a teddy bear with 832 grams of methamphetamine stashed inside.

The arrest came after a month long investigation by MBN, said Delores Lewis, the spokeswoman for the agency.

During the bust, agents discovered a white teddy bear holding a red heart with the phrase “Te Amo” — Spanish for I love you — with a package of meth stashed inside.

Evidence photos show the large ball of methamphetamine in “ice” form wrapped in green plastic being removed from the back of the toy bear.

“Ice” is a pure crystalline form of methamphetamine that is commonly produced in labs in Mexico. It resembles shards of glass or ice.

The bear had been shipped from Coachella, Calif., to Vicksburg, MBN Director Sam Owens said.

The drugs stashed inside the teddy bear have an estimated street value of $100,000, Owens said. In addition to the drugs, agents seized more than $3,000 in cash.

In 2006, Vaughn was sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of a controlled substance after running over a Warren County deputy. It was unclear when Vaughn was released from prison.

On Feb. 9, 2004, Vaughn ran over Deputy Mike Hollingsworth who was directing traffic on U.S. 80 in front of Green Acres Memorial Park. The crash left the deputy with what his doctor described at trial as “a serious brain injury.”

Hollingsworth returned to duty seven months later and retired from the department in 2011.

Vaughn had previously been convicted of drive-by shooting. He was sentenced in 1999, served one year of a three-year sentence and was on probation when Hollingsworth was injured.