City man arrested after traffic stop

Published 12:00 am Monday, September 3, 2012

A Vicksburg man was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, Sheriff Martin Pace said.

Pace said deputies stopped Jessie Lumpkin Jr., 48, 171 Pittman Road, at 2:30 Sunday morning on U.S. 61 North for careless driving. After issuing the ticket, deputies looked in the car and saw a medicine bottle containing several rocks of crack.

Lumpkin Jr. was released on $5,000 bond.

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