Searcy's Jackson no smooth criminal, police say

Faulkner County prosecutors charged a Searcy man with Internet stalking of a child on Tuesday in the third stalking case investigated in recent weeks by Conway Police Department.

Michael E. Jackson, 27, of the 2000 block of Silver Springs was taken into CPD custody at 5:02 p.m., Monday after a sting conducted that afternoon, in which a detective was logged on as a 14-year-old female.

Police say Jackson arranged a meeting with the 14-year-old persona with the intention of having sex, and shortly after showed up to a location designated by Jackson.

On Oct. 3, CPD officers arrested Ivan Flores, 24, of the 400 block of East Robins on two counts of rape and a single count of Internet stalking after hearing statements from a 13-year-old female victim who said Flores sexually abused her in person after meeting her on myearbook.com.

Earlier that week, Russellville police officers arrested David Eldon Dosier,37, of Pope County for contacting a CPD detective's 14-year-old female persona, though Dosier never showed up to a meeting he had arranged with the supposed girl. Law enforcers confiscated two computers from the Russellville library for evidence purposes, as Dosier apparently used library computers to access the chat room he and an undercover investigator were both using.

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As of Tuesday afternoon, Jackson, who if convicted could be sentenced to 10-40 years in a state prison, was released from county custody on $15,000 bond.

(Staff writer Daniel Doyle can be reached by e-mail at daniel.doyle@thecabin.net or by phone at 505-1253)