- Teenager accused of fatally stabbing 14-year-old boy last summer files Alford plea to lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
The teenager accused of fatally stabbing a 14-year-old boy last summer has filed an Alford plea to a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
John Jackson, 17, faces up to 11 years in prison, five years of mandatory post-release control and a fine of $20,000 at his sentencing Aug. 10, according to a court document.
Jackson originally pleaded not guilty to murder and felonious assault in January for the homicide of Xander Epps. The felonious assault charge will be dropped as part of his plea…