From the Pitch: “Bernard Jackson‘s sentencing is scheduled for September 30, 9 a.m.” He could be sentenced to 30 years in prison. He is also charged with rapes in the same area where five rapes occurred between September 2009 and February 2010. UPDATE: He was found guilty in July on seven counts of rape stemming from […]
Bernard Jackson
Update Waldo rapist!
Jackson County prosecutors today filed 22 charges against Bernard Jackson, a twice-convicted sex offender, in connection with the series of rapes that terrified women in the Waldo area a year ago. Prosecutors used DNA from a lotion bottle and a shirt to link Jackson, 53, to two of the five attacks that happened between September […]
Trial date for Bernard Jackson
The trial of Bernard Jackson, the man accused of four Waldo area rapes in the 1980s, is scheduled for 2011. Judge Charles E. Atwell is scheduled to preside over the trial, which will be in either April or July. A case management conference is scheduled for August 13, 2010. Earlier this month, Jackson entered a […]
Update Waldo Rapist/Bernard Jackson
Bernard Jackson was arraigned Wednesday June 2, 2010, on 18 felonies stemming from four Waldo-area sexual assaults in the 1980s. Assistant Public Defender Carie Allen entered not-guilty pleas on Jackson’s behalf during the brief appearance before Judge Brent Powell. His next court appearance was scheduled for June 22, 2010. Police are continuing to investigate the […]