NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — North Charleston Police have confirmed the arrest by their agency and U.S. Marshals of a convicted felon found with a handgun and a large amount of marijuana.

Brandon Maurice Martin, 29, is charged with possession of firearm by a prohibited person, possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person convicted of a felony and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, according to Charleston County jail records.

A judge set bond at $80,000 on the three charges, jail records state.

North Charleston Police and U.S. Marshals went to a home on Dec. 1 at approximately 2:30 p.m. to serve a warrant on a wanted person believed to be in the home.

As officers arrived, they said Martin, who was in the front yard near a burn barrel, dropped a pistol into a trash b

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