By Ray King
A $50,000 cash only bond was set Monday for a Pine Bluff man currently on probation on drug and weapons allegations.
Jefferson County District Judge Kim Bridgforth set the bond after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge Javeon Lewis, 26, with being a felon in possession of a firearm, violation of the Machine Gun Act, possession of a controlled substance with purpose to deliver, simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Reading from an affidavit by police Lt. Brett Talley, Deputy Prosecutor Ty Spradlin said on Saturday at 12:15 p.m., Talley was at 27th Avenue and Cedar Street when he saw a Ford Mustang that was westbound on 28th Avenue and appeared to be speeding Talley used handheld radar to clock the vehicle at 50 miles per hour in a 30 mile per hour zone.
Talley got behind the Mustang at the stoplight at 28th Avenue and Hazel Street and saw the driver, later identified as Lewis, looking back at him. He turned on his emergency lights to conduct a traffic stop and the Mustang traveled about two blocks before pulling into the parking lot of the China Buffet at 28th Avenue and Palm Street on the south side of the street.
Spradlin said Talley called for a back-up unit and when the other officer got there, order Lewis to step out of the vehicle so it could be searched.
A plastic bag containing suspected marijuana and digital scale were found in the back seat of the car under some clothes.
Lewis was told to come back to court May 29.
