Ga. man violated probation when he was found in truck bed with loaded crossbow, shotgun

CLAY COUNTY, N.C. — A Georgia man is back in custody after he was found in the bed of a truck with loaded weapons.

Last month, investigators pulled over a truck in Clay County, North Carolina because they appeared to be spotlighting the deer they were hunting, which is against the law.

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Authorities with the sheriff’s office and the U.S. Forest Service found three men inside the truck and 29-year-old James Brandon Taylor, from Dallas, Georgia, in the bed of the truck.

Taylor had a loaded crossbow with him and a flashlight in his lap. When he was asked to stand up, a sawed-off shotgun fell out of the back of his pants.

He admitted to being a convicted felon on probation for possession of methamphetamine. When he was searched at the jail, deputies found more meth.

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Taylor was arrested and taken to the Clay County Detention Center where he was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a weapon of mass destruction and possession of methamphetamine on jail premises.

There is no word on the status of the spotlighting deer investigation.

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