Barren, Monroe County residents sentenced in election fraud case

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Three people from Barren and Monroe counties, including a former Monroe County constable, have recently been sentenced in a 2022 election fraud case.

According to Attorney General Russell Coleman, friends and neighbors of members of former Monroe County constable James “Darrell” Jackson’s family conducted an “organized scheme” of bribery for votes or to gain blank ballots of voters to elect Jackson Monroe County jailer in the 2022 primary election.

As a result, the following three Kentuckians were sentenced:

• James Jackson, 60, pleaded guilty to one count of facilitation to engaging in organized criminal syndicate and five counts of making or receiving expenditures for vote. He has been sentenced to six years and suspension for five years.
• Mary Jackson, 24, of Tompkinsville, pleaded guilty to one count of facilitation to engaging in organized criminal syndicate, six counts of making or receiving expenditures for vote and one count of second-degree forgery. She was sentenced to six years and suspension for five years.
• Leslie Jackson, 37, of Summer Shade in Barren County, pleaded guilty to a single count of wrongful registration. She was sentenced to one year and suspension for five years.

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In July, four others have pleaded guilty in this case on the following charges, including Bonnie McClendon, 67, of Tompkinsville to one fount of first-degree perjury and two counts of making or receiving expenditures for vote and Tommy McClendon, 71, of Tompkinsville to four counts of making or receiving expenditures for vote.

In November, Lisa Jackson, 35, of Mount Hermon pleaded guilty to facilitation of engaging in organized crime, one count of second-degree persistent felony offender and 17 counts of making or receiving expenditures for vote. She was sentenced to 12 years.

Finally, in December, Sherrye Jackson, 48, of Tompkinsville pleaded guilty to one count of facilitation to engaging in organized crime and one count of first-degree perjury.