Biography
Kelsey Jackson, 28, of Charleston, SC pled guilty to arson of a Charleston Police Department patrol car on May 30, 2020. Sentenced to 24 months federal prison plus $1,224.06 restitution (joint and several with Guthrie and Jenkins) and 3 years supervised release.
Birth-year evidence
DOJ original September 8, 2020 lists Kelsey Jackson, 28, in Charleston police-car arson; original July 12, 2021 sentencing identifies Kelsey Donnel Jackson, 28, in same case. Possible year ranges 1991/1992 and 1992/1993 intersect at 1992. Original headers inspected; later updated dates are not age anchors. No month/day inferred. Sources: Source 1, Source 2.
Portrait provenance
Kelsey Donnel Jackson is explicitly identified in the photograph caption of the June 5, 2020 Live 5 News case report. Credit: Charleston County Sheriff's Office, via Live 5 News. Only the sharp central booking portrait was retained from the original published image, removing decorative news side panels. No enlargement, retouching, or generated details. A booking photograph is not proof of guilt.
The Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s case review, updated June 3, 2024, PDF pages 3, 4, documents a distinct state disposition for Kelsey Donnel Jackson: Two counts of second-degree burglary (non-violent) and two counts malicious injury to property ($2,000–$10,000). Two years imposed to run concurrently with the federal sentence. This is not two additional years actually served. The review gives no exact state sentencing date, admission, discharge or independent duration. The underlying federal case and its separately supported dates remain unchanged. The review contains apparent date errors in some federal summaries; those are not used to replace the existing federal chronology.
Ninth Circuit Solicitor, Prosecution Review: Civil Unrest Cases, updated June 3, 2024.
