FAYETTEVILLE -- A woman with a history of alcohol-related arrests missed a scheduled mental examination in December, according to court filings.
Jo Lynn Jackson had her latest cases reset in November in Washington County Circuit Court to allow time for a mental examination, but a letter from doctors to Circuit Judge Joanna Taylor said Jackson didn't show up.
Jackson, 54, could be held in contempt of court or have her bond revoked. Her next court appearance is set for Tuesday.
Jackson is charged with filing a false police report, a felony, in which she claimed a Washington County jailer sexually assaulted her in a shower when she was in jail.
Investigators watched videos from the cell block from the evenings the jailer worked and Jackson was a detainee and found the jailer never went into the shower with Jackson, police said. The jailer denied any wrongdoing and passed a lie detector test.
Jackson was arrested in July on suspicion of filing a false police report.
She was arrested June 24 for reckless burning, a felony, and public intoxication. Police said she set a fire in her driveway and the fire spread and threatened nearby apartments.
Jackson's latest brush with the law came in early November when Johnson police issued a warrant for her arrest. Police said they were looking for Jackson because she didn't pay a taxi fare Oct. 4. Jackson was ordered to appear in court but didn't show, according to police. Both charges are misdemeanors.
She was arrested three times on charges of driving while intoxicated in less than three months in 2014, twice while she was free on bond. Jackson served one year in jail, which was the maximum sentence allowed, for all three DWI convictions.
Jackson drove into and killed a Fayetteville city worker, Jackie Luper of West Fork, in September 2011. She drove into a city construction zone in front of Butterfield Trail Village on Joyce Boulevard, hitting Luper and injuring two other workers.
Jackson pleaded guilty in 2012 to misdemeanor negligent homicide in Luper's death. She served six months in the Washington County Detention Center and was given probation for one year.
NW News on 04/22/2016