By Pat Culverhouse

A faulty piece of vehicle illumination equipment led to a traffic stop Sunday, and now a north Webster Parish man is in the parish lockup on a variety of drug charges.

Curtis F. Jackson Jr., a 56-year-old resident of N. Collins St. in Cullen, has been booked for possession of a Legend drug, possession of CDS. Sch. I (Ecstasy), possession of CDS Sch. II (crack cocaine) and no license plate lights after a Webster Parish deputy stopped him shortly after 9 p.m. on Cullen’s MLK Dr.

After stopping Jackson’s vehicle, Deputy Thomas Teutsch reportedly observed a small, clear dime size baggy containing a reddish pill-like substance inside on the floorboard. Jackson reportedly was Mirandized, then admitted the pills were Ecstasy.

During further questioning, Jackson reportedly admitted possession of crack cocaine hidden in a cigar packet inside the vehicle. A search reportedly revealed the crack cocaine, plus a pill bottle containing suspected morphine sulfate.

Jackson is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Facility where his bond has been set at $15,001.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.