Lenoir County sheriff’s deputies stopped a black Dodge Charger near Skinner’s Bypass and Highway 11-55 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, around 3:38 a.m. on 7 November 2026 after finding that its registration had been revoked.[1] The driver was 26-year-old Corey Jackson Jr. of Kinston.[1] Deputies said they found a loaded AR-style pistol under Jackson’s seat during the traffic stop.[1]

Jackson told deputies that he had marijuana in the car, which deputies recovered at the scene.[1] The sheriff’s office described Jackson as a convicted felon and said the stop led to new gun and drug charges.[2] He was charged with felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, felony carrying a concealed gun and misdemeanor simple possession of marijuana.[1]

The sheriff’s office said Jackson was jailed without bond because he was on pretrial release at the time of his arrest.[1] The arrest took place near Kinston, in Lenoir County, where deputies took Jackson into custody after the seizure.[2]