UPDATE: FAYETTEVILLE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Michael S. Jackson, 43 of Powellton, saw sentencing Tuesday for several sex crimes involving a child.
Jackson was convicted following a two-day jury trial in late July for a number of sexual assaults carried out during the Summer of 2020 for which he stood to recieve up to a 145 year maximum sentence.
Ultimately, Jackson received the minimum sentence for the charges accrued, 61 years.
Nonetheless, general understanding of the average human lifespan dictates that the 43 year old sex offender will, in all likelihood, spend the remainder of his days incarcerated should the issued sentence be carried out in it’s entirety.
The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of Fayette County referred to the result as “a functional life without parole sentence.”
Jackson’s charges include two counts of Second Degree Sexual Assault, three counts of Sexual Abuse by a Parent, Guardian, or Custodian, two counts of Incest, and one count of First Degree Sexual Assault.
Sentencing for the case was carried out by the honorable Judge Paul M. Blake, Jr. and prosecuted by Fayette County Prosecuting Attorney Anthony Ciliberti, Jr.
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FAYETTEVILLE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Powellton man was convicted for a slew of sex crimes on Wednesday, charges for which include Incest and Sexual Abuse by a Parent, Guardian, or Custondian, among others.
An interview conducted with a thirteen year old juvenile on June 23, 2021 at the Just for Kids Child Advocacy Center revealed that the juvenile had been sexually assaulted by Jackson the previous summer.
The Fayette County Sheriff’s Department Detective Bureau open an investigation in response, and ultimately determined that the juvenile had been sexually assaulted by Jackson multiple times during the summer of 2020.
Jackson has amassed several felony convictions over the years, having been convicted of felonies in 2007, 2011, and 2017.
He has now also been convicted of two counts of Second-Degree Sexual Assault, three counts of Sexual Abuse by a Parent, Guardian, or Custodian, two counts of Incest, and one count of First-Degree Sexual Assault, and eight felony sex crimes following a two-day jury trial before Circuit Judge Paul M. Blake Jr.
Jackson’s sentencing is scheduled to take place on September 20, 2022 at 9:00am. He faces no fewer than 10 years and no more than 25 years for each count of Second-Degree Sexual Assault, no fewer than 10 years and no more than 20 years for each count of Sexual Abuse by a Parent, Guardian, or Custodian, no less than 5 years and no more than 15 years for each count of Incest, and no less than 1 year and no more than 5 years for each count of First Degree Sexual Abuse.
Jackson faces a minimum of 61 years and a maximum of 145 years in prison.
