A stop for an expired registration Wednesday resulted in the arrests of the vehicle’s three occupants and the seizure of weapons and drugs.

Lieutenant Shane Guyant said Halifax County Sheriff’s Office Deputy D. Harrison made the stop at the intersection of Highway 48 and Carolina Rest Home Road.

In addition to the expired registration, the driver, Quentin Auston Richardson, 20, of the Durham area, had an expired license and a loaded Glock on the dash.

Harrison identified the front passenger as Rayvon Bennie Harrison, 18, of Roanoke Rapids and the rear passenger as 20-year-old Curnazzion Letavious Burgess of Rocky Mount.  

Deputy Harrison smelled a strong odor of marijuana from within the vehicle.  

A probable cause search yielded a bag with 4 grams of cocaine, 3 grams of heroin, marijuana and a needle. Deputy Harrison located a loaded Draco AK-47 under the passenger seat.

In the gallery from left: Burgess, Rayvon Harrison, and Richardson

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Burgess had an active warrant and was wanted by the state Department of Adult Corrections.  The warrant was related to 2022 convictions in Halifax County for possession of a firearm by a felon and felony possession of marijuana. He also had a 2020 felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill conviction from Nash County.  

Richardson had a 2020 conviction for felony possession of marijuana and felony maintaining a dwelling from Durham County.  

Rayvon Harrison had no prior convictions.

Burgess was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a schedule I controlled substance, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, carrying a concealed firearm, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resist, delay and obstruct for giving a fake name.

He received a $20,000 bond and also received a hold for probation on the absconder warrants.  He was scheduled to appear in district court Thursday. A second district court date had not been set as of this report.

Richardson was arrested and charged with possession of a schedule I controlled substance, maintaining a vehicle, possession of schedule II controlled substance and no operator's license.  He received a $10,000 bond and March 7 court date.

Rayvon Harrison was arrested and charged with possession of schedule I controlled substance, carrying a concealed firearm, and simple possession of schedule VI.  

He received a $7,500 bond and March 7 court date.