Friday, August 22, 2008

Jackie E. Weeks - Repeat Sex Offender - Raped 3 women while under strict supervision

This is the kind of offender that we all have great concerns about, but he was being tightly supervised," said Scott Taylor, director of the county's Department of Community Justice.

Asked how Weeks could commit these new sex crimes while being tightly supervised,
Taylor said,

"That's the nature of some of the people we're requested to supervise. Some of them continue their behavior."


Convicted predatory sex offender Jackie E. Weeks confessed to police that he raped two women this week, one in Portland on Tuesday evening and another in Prineville on Thursday morning, saying he was frustrated with his probation officer and the many reporting and treatment requirements he faced.

The 47-year-old's statements are detailed in a probable cause affidavit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Friday.

Weeks has been under Multnomah County supervision since his release from prison in July 2007. He has been living in transitional housing at the Medford Building in Old Town -- the same location the county had planned to place serial rapist Richard Troy Gillmore in January before his victim and prosecutors sued the state to keep him behind bars.

Weeks admitted to following a 22-year-old woman from Northwest 21st Avenue and Glisan Street to her home on Northwest Northrup Street about 5 p.m. Tuesday. He entered through an unlocked front door and climbed a flight of stairs to her bedroom, where he raped her, the affidavit says.

The woman told police she didn't notice anyone following her. When she arrived home, she said, she went upstairs and sat on her bed with her computer to check her e-mail. About five minutes later, she heard someone walking up the stairs. She saw a strange man in red shorts, a white shirt, a baseball hat and sunglasses, who asked her, "Is Mike here?"

When she said no, he told her, "Let's get to it!" and pushed her back on her bed. She tried to push him away, but he leaned his forearm into her neck, pinned her down and took off her clothes, she told police.

The woman noticed a large black tribal-looking tattoo on the man's stomach -- a key description that helped investigators quickly identify a suspect.

Detective Mary Wheat sent local sexual assault probation officers a description of the attacker. Multnomah County Probation Officer Christine Jensen soon contacted the detective, telling her she was supervising Weeks, a registered sex offender who fit the description.

When the detective showed the victim photos of potential suspects, she started to cry and immediately pointed to Weeks, the affidavit says.

Wednesday night, police tried to arrest Weeks at a Southeast Portland industrial warehouse where he worked. When police arrived, he fled. He later said he had spotted an officer outside his workplace and left through a partly opened garage. He said he rode the MAX to Gresham and then hitchhiked to Prineville. He made it to Prineville, where officers say he raped another woman in her home Thursday, stole a car and then led police on a long chase before crashing the vehicle near Corbett.

Weeks is being held in lieu of $1.15 million bail. He was arraigned in court Friday on charges of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, and three counts of first-degree burglary.

Weeks was released from prison July 13, 2007, after being convicted of two counts of first-degree rape in February 1995. He was sentenced to two consecutive 78-month sentences. Since his release, he's lived at the Medford Building, transitional housing run by nonprofit Central City Concern, and has been under county supervision.

"This is the kind of offender that we all have great concerns about, but he was being tightly supervised," said Scott Taylor, director of the county's Department of Community Justice. Asked how Weeks could commit these new sex crimes while being tightly supervised, Taylor said, "That's the nature of some of the people we're requested to supervise. Some of them continue their behavior."


"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"
.........Sarah Tofte

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