Umel Motic Jackson entered a guilty plea during his arraignment today to a federal charge of receiving a firearm while under indictment.

United States Magistrate Judge Robert T. Numbers II also found Jackson competent to proceed before the plea was entered, according to court documents.

Consideration of the plea by the court was deferred until the receipt of a presentence investigative report.

Detailed documents of this afternoon’s proceedings were not available for public inspection, but a minute entry in the court record states sentencing is scheduled for the January term of court before Senior United States District Judge James C. Dever III in Raleigh.

Jackson was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Jackson was originally indicted federally in July 2024 for receiving a firearm while under indictment. The weapon was allegedly used in a May 2024 standoff between Jackson and the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office in the 1000 block of Elm Street in Weldon.

At the time, Jackson was on electronic monitoring for other charges that remain pending in Halifax County.