MENDOCINO Co., 8/23/21 — A Redwood Valley resident was found guilty last Thursday of first-degree murder in the drive-by shooting death of Joel Mendoza-Gonzalez Aug. 17, 2020, in Covelo. This is the second murder on the lengthy criminal record of Jameson Wolfgang Jackson, who also killed Brooktrails store-owner Joan LeFeat in 2001 when he was just 15.
Jackson, now 36, was tried as a juvenile in that case and served seven years, although his then-15-year-old accomplice, Christopher Matthew Coleman, was tried as an adult and is serving a life sentence in state prison. Jackson was released in 2008, according to prosecutors, and on parole until 2010 — but his court records include misdemeanor arrests for driving under the influence in 2011, contracting without a license in 2012 and domestic violence in 2019.
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