NC jail fugitive recaptured during Lee County raid; drugs, guns found with child inside house: Sheriff

SANFORD, N.C. (WNCN) — A convicted felon who was accidentally released from the Wayne County Jail was captured when deputies in Lee County raided a home Thursday, officials said.

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The re-arrest happened after deputies obtained a warrant for a Sanford home on Keith Drive to search for the man, according to a Lee County Sheriff’s Office news release.

During the Thursday raid, Jonathon Michael Jackson, 39, was found inside a house and apprehended, the release said. Jackson, a convicted felon, was arrested in a similar raid in late January.

Deputies also executed another warrant to search the Keith Drive home, during which they said crews found:

• Fentanyl
• Methamphetamine
• Mushrooms
• Synthetic Marijuana
• 2 firearms

A young child was also present in the residence, the release said.

When Jackson was being taken to the Lee County Jail, deputies said he tried to hide a bag of meth inside a patrol car.

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Deputies said Jackson was charged with the following:

• Possession with intent to sell and deliver Schedule I controlled substance
• Felony possession of Schedule I controlled substance
• Two counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver Schedule II controlled substance
• Two counts of felony possession of Schedule II controlled substance
• Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
• Exposing a child to controlled substance
• Possession of drug paraphernalia
• Maintaining a dwelling for sale of controlled substance
• Possess with intent to sell and distribute a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school
• Possession of a stolen firearm

Jackson is being held without bond in the Lee County Jail.

Jackson was also arrested earlier this year in another Lee County raid, deputies said.

He was caught with a 21-year-old woman in late January after narcotic agents executed a search warrant at a home in the 3800 block of Rocky Fork Church Road, just east of U.S. 1 and about four miles south of Sanford, deputies said.

Jackson pleaded guilty to a felony heroin charge in late 2019, according to an arrest warrant.

CBS 17 has reached out to Wayne County officials about the accidental jail release incident.

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