BEATRICE – Gage County Sheriff’s officials announced the arrest of a Wymore man, the result of a search warrant served last Thursday night, at about 8:50 p.m.

66-year-old Brian McLaughlin was taken into custody…following an investigation and warrant served at a residence in the six-hundred block of North 8th, in Wymore.

During the search, authorities located eight baggies of marijuana totaling 42 grams. They also recovered a digital scale, a shotgun and $488 in cash.

McLaughlin, authorities say, is a convicted felon.   He was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver…possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person, possession of a firearm during a drug violation, possession of drug funds and drug paraphernalia.

He was taken to the Gage County Jail.