A 55-year-old Richmond man is facing a felony charge after being accused of sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old girl. Marcus Lashawn Jackson was charged Thursday in Wayne Superior Court 2 with Level 4 felony sexual misconduct with a minor, an offense that carries up to 12 years in prison.
The charge against Jackson was reported by the Palladium-Item, which detailed the filing in Wayne Superior Court 2 earlier this week. The case was brought in the same court system that has handled other Richmond sexual misconduct cases involving minors in recent years.
A Pattern of Similar Cases in Wayne County
Jackson's case follows a similar prosecution in Richmond involving Deandre Carr Jr., who was convicted of a Level 5 felony for sexual misconduct with a minor. Wayne Circuit Court Judge April Drake found the then-32-year-old Carr guilty after a bench trial in June 2024, according to the same report from the Palladium-Item. Drake ultimately imposed a six-year sentence on Carr — five years of incarceration followed by a year of probation — and Carr received credit for 730 days he had already spent in the Wayne County Jail.
That earlier case had its roots in an August 2022 report to Richmond police alleging that Carr had sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy, the outlet's reporting shows. Jackson was charged in Wayne County with sexual misconduct involving a minor.
A Separate Madison County Case
In a separate case out of Madison County, 69-year-old Robin Loran Jackson pleaded guilty to two counts of child molesting, along with child solicitation and performing a sexual act in the presence of a minor, according to a report from Yahoo News. Judge Angela Warner Sims sentenced him to 30 years in prison. The Madison County Sheriff's Department had arrested Robin Loran Jackson in 2025, the outlet reported.
The Madison County case involved Robin Loran Jackson, while the Richmond charge is against Marcus Lashawn Jackson; the cases involve different charges. No additional details about the specific allegations against Marcus Lashawn Jackson, nor any response from him or his attorney, have been made public as of this report.
