Mike Jackson hit with new criminal charges
Mike Jackson hit with new criminal charges
By Gary Barlow
Copyright by The Chicago Free Press
Accused cabbie killer Michael L. Jackson was hit with a misdemeanor reckless conduct charge April 11 by DuPage County prosecutors, who alleged that Jackson had sex in the DuPage County Jail without disclosing that he’s HIV-positive.
Jackson, 38, is awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges in Cook County for the death of cab driver Haroon Paryani in February 2005. Witnesses said Jackson argued with Paryani late at night in the street in front of Jackson’s Lakeview apartment, then pushed Paryani to the ground, jumped behind the wheel of his taxi and ran over the 61-year-old cab driver three times.
At the time of the incident Jackson worked for the STD/HIV/AIDS program of the Chicago Department of Public Health. He was founder of the Hearts Foundation, sponsor of the now-defunct Fireball circuit party. Friends and former acquaintances of Jackson have said that he had a history of crystal methamphetamine use.
After being charged with Paryani’s murder, Jackson was released from Cook County Jail in April 2005 on a $750,000 bond. But just two days later, staying at his boyfriend’s home in suburban Lombard, he was found unconscious from an overdose of Xanax and Ambien and was taken to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.
There, according to hospital officials, Jackson woke up with a tube down his throat in the emergency room and repeatedly tried to get up and leave. When a nurse told him he needed to stay calm and lie down, Jackson allegedly tried to punch her, then spit bloody saliva at her, saying, “And here’s some HIV for you, bitch!”
The nurse, knowing Jackson was HIV-positive, avoided the spit and called hospital security to restrain Jackson. When Jackson was released from the hospital DuPage County prosecutors jailed him on aggravated assault and reckless conduct charges, with bail set at $250,000.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge James Schreier subsequently issued a no-bond warrant for Jackson to be immediately taken to the Cook County Jail should he be released from the DuPage County Jail. Jackson has remained jailed in DuPage County since then.
His murder trial in Cook County is expected to take place later this year. No date has been set for his trial on the DuPage County charges. A spokesman for DuPage County State’s Attorney Joe Birkett said April 14 that the investigation into Jackson’s alleged sexual relations in the DuPage County Jail is ongoing.
By Gary Barlow
Copyright by The Chicago Free Press
Accused cabbie killer Michael L. Jackson was hit with a misdemeanor reckless conduct charge April 11 by DuPage County prosecutors, who alleged that Jackson had sex in the DuPage County Jail without disclosing that he’s HIV-positive.
Jackson, 38, is awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges in Cook County for the death of cab driver Haroon Paryani in February 2005. Witnesses said Jackson argued with Paryani late at night in the street in front of Jackson’s Lakeview apartment, then pushed Paryani to the ground, jumped behind the wheel of his taxi and ran over the 61-year-old cab driver three times.
At the time of the incident Jackson worked for the STD/HIV/AIDS program of the Chicago Department of Public Health. He was founder of the Hearts Foundation, sponsor of the now-defunct Fireball circuit party. Friends and former acquaintances of Jackson have said that he had a history of crystal methamphetamine use.
After being charged with Paryani’s murder, Jackson was released from Cook County Jail in April 2005 on a $750,000 bond. But just two days later, staying at his boyfriend’s home in suburban Lombard, he was found unconscious from an overdose of Xanax and Ambien and was taken to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.
There, according to hospital officials, Jackson woke up with a tube down his throat in the emergency room and repeatedly tried to get up and leave. When a nurse told him he needed to stay calm and lie down, Jackson allegedly tried to punch her, then spit bloody saliva at her, saying, “And here’s some HIV for you, bitch!”
The nurse, knowing Jackson was HIV-positive, avoided the spit and called hospital security to restrain Jackson. When Jackson was released from the hospital DuPage County prosecutors jailed him on aggravated assault and reckless conduct charges, with bail set at $250,000.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge James Schreier subsequently issued a no-bond warrant for Jackson to be immediately taken to the Cook County Jail should he be released from the DuPage County Jail. Jackson has remained jailed in DuPage County since then.
His murder trial in Cook County is expected to take place later this year. No date has been set for his trial on the DuPage County charges. A spokesman for DuPage County State’s Attorney Joe Birkett said April 14 that the investigation into Jackson’s alleged sexual relations in the DuPage County Jail is ongoing.
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