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Michael A. Nelson, Carbondale, Sentenced to Department of Corrections for Possession of Child Pornography

by | Dec 13, 2021 | General, Uncategorized | 0 comments

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MURPHYSBORO — Joseph A. Cervantez, Jackson County State’s Attorney, announced that on November 30, 2021, Michael A Nelson, 24, of Carbondale, Illinois, received a total sentence of seven (7) years in the Illinois Department of Coreections on two charges of Possession of Child Pornography, both Class 2 Felony offenses. Nelson’s sentence includes a period of Mandatory Supervised Release which will run from three (3) years to Natural Life and he will be required to register as a sex offender.

The charges against Nelson arose after the Federal Bureau of Investigation received a report of suspected child pornography that had been uploaded to Dropbox. Local law enforcement officers and F.B.I. agents linked that Dropbox account to Nelson, who was an SIU-Carbondale student at the time. The officers and agents obtained a search warrant and found hundreds of images and videos of child pornography on Nelson’s computer. Nelson admitted to knowingly downloading and possessing the child pornography.

Nelson filed a motion asking the Court to suppress his confession at trial. The Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office successfully defeated that motion after a lengthy motion hearing. After that motion was denied, Nelson entered open pleas of guilty on two counts of Possession of Child Pornography. The Jackson County Court sentenced Nelson on November 30, 2021, after a contested sentencing hearing.

The investigation of Nelson’s case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the SIU-Carbondale Department of Public Safety. Assistant State’s Attorney Jayson Clark led the successful prosecution of Nelson.

MURPHYSBORO MAN SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

MURPHYSBORO MAN SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

by | Dec 18, 2023 | , , ,

Joseph A. Cervantez, Jackson County State’s Attorney, announced today that Commodore D. Jackson, 42, of Murphysboro, was sentenced to 17 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Jackson was found guilty in 2022 of Aggravated Battery with Use of a Deadly Weapon.

On March 4, 2022, the Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office presented evidence that on Friday, November 5, 2021, at around 1:25 A.M., Carbondale Police Officers responded to 511 S. Illinois Avenue, Hanger 9, in Carbondale, regarding a stabbing. Jackson had stabbed the victim four times in the parking lot, following a verbal altercation inside the bar. The survivor was able to make his way back toward the front of Hanger 9 where emergency help was called. The Carbondale Police Department conducted the investigation, and the Murphysboro Police Department located and apprehended Jackson where he was transported to the Jackson County Jail on November 5, 2021.

A sentencing hearing was held on December 15, 2023, where arguments were made by Jackson County Assistant State’s Attorney Sophia M. Allen, as to sentencing recommendations. The court ultimately sentenced Jackson to a total of 17 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The investigation was led by the Carbondale Police Department and assisted by the Murphysboro Police Department and the Illinois State Police.

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