A 22-year-old man was stopped early Monday morning for failing to stop at a stop sign and ended up in jail after deputies located a fully loaded semi-automatic pistol.Deputies from the Newton County Sheriff’s Office were watching an intersection for vehicles not stopping at the stop sign. They reportedly noticed a silver Dodge Stratus fail to stop at the stop sign and pulled in behind the vehicle, initiating a traffic stop. While approaching the vehicle, deputies reportedly saw the driver, identified as Anthony Napoleon Burkett, lean toward the passenger side of the vehicle reach underneath