arrested

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Jackson was arrested and later booked into jail on a $50,000 bond, according to jail records.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Jackson was arrested shortly before 11 p.m. after police responded to a call at a home in West Hills.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

He was arrested two days after a new law banning harassment motivated by a person's sex came into force.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

He was arrested in Florida in early October.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

He’d been arrested earlier that year while in charge of another air force regiment, for endangering the life of a top government official by failing to fly with him through a dust storm.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein