RFP Staff
♦ Thursday Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested John Lewis Jackson, Jr. 22, of Salisbury and on the Sheriff’s office’s MOST WANTED LIST, at a house Thursday in Davie County for an alleged July 24th kidnapping and rape of a 16 year-old Salisbury girl. During his arrest Jackson attempted to flee from law enforcement, but caught quickly.
The alleged kidnapping was reported at approximately 11 p.m. on July 24th. Both Jackson and the teenager knew each other.
Jackson was charged yesterday with rape (second degree) (felony) and kidnapping (felony). This is how his charges are entered at the Rowan County Detention Center. Under a secured $100,000 bond Jackson is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center. His first hearing is on August 15th.
John Lewis Jackson, Jr.:
No record appears for Jackson under his name at the NCDOJ website, however he’s allegedly had a number of recent contacts (2015-2016) with the law in Davie County. Pending court cases there include assaults on a female (misdemeanor), possession of drug paraphernalia (misdemeanor), possession of schedule II controlled substance (felony), injury to real property (misdemeanor), assault with a deadly weapon (misdemeanor), injury to personal property (misdemeanor), possession of a controlled substance on jail premises (felony), harboring or aiding certain persons (misdemeanor).
**This article will be updated as soon as new details arrive.**
