(Greenfield, Iowa) – A man from Stuart was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $75,000 bond, following his arrest by Stuart Police on March 12th. According to the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, 52-year-old Todd Shane Jackson was arrested after Stuart Police and Cass County (IA) Sheriff’s Deputies executed a search warrant at 615 SW 7th Street in Stuart, at around 3:40-p.m. on March 12th. The warrant had been obtained based on an investigation the Cass County authorities was conducting, and that involved multiple firearms and the sales of firearms. During the investigation, it was learned that several weapons would be found in Jackson’s residence on SW 7th Street, in Stuart. It was also discovered that Jackson is a convicted felon who is prohibited from possessing any firearms, ammunition or offensive weapons,

When authorities entered the residence, they detected a strong odor of burned marijuana. In Jackson’s bedroom, a loaded 12 gauge shotgun with a sawed-off barrel was found hanging from the bedroom door. Other firearms found in the bedroom included: 2 Winchester .30/.30 rifles; A Springfield Arms 1903 rifle; a single-shot .22-caliber rifle; A Deutsche Berline 1915 817 rifle; a Winchester 1897 rile; an SKS 762 rifle with a modified stock; a .30-caliber carbine rifle, and a Kahr CM9 .9mm pistol altered to hide the serial number.

Multiple rounds of different live ammunition was also found in the bedroom, as well as: multiple firearm magazines; 2 taser stun guns; 18 white “Y18” oval pills in a plastic baggie, that were later identified as Alprazolam (a Schedule 4 controlled substance available by prescription only); a large glass smoking device (A “bong”); 2 jars containing suspected marijuana; and multiple other items of drug paraphernalia. In the living room of the home, authorities found a bolt-action rifle and a .308-caliber rifle stored in a cabinet; Additional miscellaneous drug paraphernalia was also located in the living room.

Jackson admitted to possessing the firearms he had collected over time. He also admitted to trading meth, marijuana and $200 for two of the firearms that were located by authorities.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports also, the arrest on drug charges of a Cass County (IA) woman. Stuart Police arrested 18-year-old Hailey Mae Jackson, of Atlantic, at around 2:12-a.m. March 10th in Stuart, for Possession of Marijuana/1st offense, and Possession of drug paraphernalia. Jackson was held on a $1,300 bond until her release from the Adair County Jail a short time later, on that same morning.