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Shots fired at Jax police Three Jackson Police officers were shot at following an incident in which one of the officers interrupted a suspected drug deal. According to Jackson Police Chief Charles Burge, the incident took place around midnight last Thursday, when officer Jonathan Downey was on routine patrol and observed what he believed to be a drug deal between two subjects taking place near the corner of Algers and Commerce streets. When the officer stopped his police car, one of the two subjects fled on foot and Downey gave chase. "Officer Downey pursued the suspect to St. Union Street into a dirt parking lot," said Chief Burge. "He then realized he had left his patrol car unattended and stopped his pursuit of the subject and returned to his car. By the time he returned, the other subject had gone." While this was taking place, Sgt. Dexter Hunt and Officer Richard Harvey responded to the scene for backup. When they arrived they observed a number of people gathered under a tree near a basketball court on Davis Avenue. At this time, Officer Downey headed south on Algers Street, turned onto Nichols Street and arrived at Davis Avenue. Officer Harvey and Sgt. Hunt had exited their vehicles and were speaking with the subjects under the tree when someone standing in the driveway of an abandoned house approximately 50-75 yards from the officers fired four shots in their direction. All three officers took cover, but did not return fire. The subject fled on foot and was unable to be located by the officers. During a search of the area from where the shots were fired, they found four .380 caliber shells. No arrests have been made, but investigation into the incident continues. "We have several leads we are following up on," said Chief Burge.
Man arrested on porn charges Following an investigation by Jackson Police, a Jackson man was arrested Friday on charges of possession of child pornography. Samuel Dossie Woodson III, 33, was taken into custody after images found on computers and discs during a search of his residence, Aug. 10, revealed what appeared to be pornographic images. According to Police Chief Charles Burge, one image found on a computer hard drive clearly depicted a child lying nude on a bed in a suggestive manner. He added that two other questionable images were also found on a disc confiscated during the search. A total of 125 compact discs and floppy discs were collected at the scene along with the two computers. The evidence has been turned over to the U.S. Secret Service for analyzing. "The Secret Service will review the discs and two hard drives and utilize a national team of forensic pediatricians to determine what images are underage children," said Burge. "The forensic pediatricians are experts in analyzing bone structure in order to give approximate ages of the people depicted." Burge stressed that none of the children on any of the discs or hard drives appear to be local. "All of the images appear to be downloaded from the Internet," he said.
The search warrant was executed by Deputy Chief Mark Harrell, Sgt. Josh Garrett and Officer Ben Marshall. Burge said investigation of the case is continuing and Woodson could be charged with one count per image of possessing child pornography. He added that other charges may be pending in the case as well.
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