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Deputy Jordan Cox with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged 19-year-old Sammy Dalson Burleson with Possession of a Weapon of Mass Destruction. A Magistrate issued Burleson a $15,000 secured bond.

On September 13^th, Deputy Cox stopped a vehicle on Jacktown Road for multiple traffic violations. Burleson was a passenger in the vehicle and a search turned up a sawed-off shotgun found in his backpack.  Suspected items of controlled substances were also found and have been sent to the NC State Crime Lab for analysis.