(KAIR)--A Jackson County weekend traffic stop sent a Mayetta man to jail on a criminal firearms charge.

According to a release from Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, a Sheriff’s Deputy, Saturday morning around 8:00, stopped a Ford Explorer near 150th and P. Road for a traffic infraction.

Following the stop, the driver, identified as 39-year-old Josias Aitkens was taken into custody for criminal possession of a firearm by a felon.

Following his arrest, Aitkens was booked into the Jackson County Jail.