A jury found a former Sumner High School boys basketball coach guilty of 19 sex-crime counts, including rape and molestation, after a single day of deliberations in May 2023. The abuse allegedly took place over four years, from 2018 to 2022, involving boys as young as 14 years old.
After a single day of deliberations, a jury found a former Sumner High School boys basketball coach guilty on 19 sex-crime counts, including rape and molestation,in May 2023. Tracked with an ankle monitoring bracelet, he had been under house arrest ever since. At that time, he wasn't allowed to come into contact with any minors or the victims, only his children.
After police launched an investigation into the allegations against Jackson, he was put on administrative leave before being fired from Sumner High School in October 2022.Sumner police began investigating when they received the first report on August 31, 2022, after one parent found secret messages between Jackson and their child on that teenager's phone.
At the time of Jackson's arrest, an attorney for the victims told KOMO News that many of Jackson's accusers thought he would never be punished for his inappropriate and illegal actions.
SEXUAL ABUSE CHILD MOLESTATION SPORTS COACH SCHOOL LEGAL CASE
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