By Kalin Krohe, Panhandle Post
On Sept. 19 at approximately 12 a.m. Chadron Police Officer Colin Deines made a traffic stop on a white four-door sedan for failing to stop at a stop sign located at Third and Bordeaux Street.
Deines detected the odor of marijuana coming from within the vehicle.
Deines searched the vehicle and found a loaded .40 caliber handgun under the driver’s seat.
The handgun had been reported stolen out of South Dakota.
"The driver was placed under arrest and during a search of his person, several grams of suspected cocaine were located," Chadron Police Chief Rick Hickstein said. "Officers of the Chadron Police Department then obtained a search warrant for the white four-door sedan and towed it to the Chadron Police Department for further processing. Inside the trunk of the vehicle officers located a small amount of marijuana, a bag of cocaine, a digital scale and packaging materials."
20-year-old Jaylon L. Jackson of Rapid City, South Dakota was placed under arrest for Possession of a Stolen Firearm (Class IIA Felony), Possession of a Concealed Weapon (Class I Misdemeanor), Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver (Class IC Felony), Possession of Marijuana less than one ounce (Infraction).
Jackson was transported to the Dawes County Jail and bond was set at 10% of $100,000.