JEFFERSON COUNTY — A 53-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been charged in Jefferson County with weapons, meth, and domestic battery charges after Mt. Vernon police arrested him Monday.

Charles Johnston was arrested Monday on an aggravated domestic battery charge and taken to the Jefferson County Jail.

Additional charges of illegal firearm possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine were added Tuesday.

In court Wednesday he was formally charged with Class 2 felony being a felon in possession of a firearm with a prior conviction, Class 3 felony possession of less than 5 grams of meth, and Class 4 felony domestic battery.