CARBONDALE – A Belleville man is lodged in the Jackson County Jail on a gun charge.

According to Carbondale Police, while on foot patrol in the 700 block of East Grand Avenue early Saturday morning, police learned that someone possessed a gun.

Police later found a man, 18-year-old Adam M. Esker, with a loaded gun. Esker did not possess a concealed carry license or a FOID card.

Esker was arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon and booked into jail.