(KLZA)-- A Falls City man was jailed Tuesday evening following a probation check conducted by Federal Probation Officers and several area law enforcement departments.

34-year-old John Pohlman was placed in the Richardson County Law Enforcement Center following a search of his home.  Pohlman is currently on probation and is a convicted felon.  During the search authorities discovered marijuana and a folding knife with a blade exceeding three-and-a-half inches.

Pohlman is charged with a felony of being a prohibited person in possession of a deadly weapon and the Falls City Police Department charged him with a misdemeanor count of possession of marijuana. 

Federal Probation officers,  Falls City Police officers, Richardson  County Sheriff's Department officers and Brown County Kansas  Sheriff's Department officers, including their drug dog conducted the search of the home and property.