Maine Democrat Jackson acknowledges punching man in 1988; he and partner dismiss pushing allegation
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Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson on Thursday acknowledged punching a man as a teenager in 1988, but he and longtime partner Lana Pelletier disputed that he had pushed her after the Bangor Daily News obtained and reported on a police report that detailed the nearly 40-year-old allegations…
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Maine Democrats have another headache on their hands after newly surfaced police records revealed that Senate candidate Troy Jackson was involved in a violent altercation nearly 40 years ago — an incident that included him breaking down a door and punching another man.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson on Thursday acknowledged punching a man as a teenager in 1988, but he and longtime partner Lana Pelletier disputed that he had pushed her after the Bangor Daily News obtained and reported on a police report that detailed the nearly 40-year-old allegations…
Maine Democratic Senate hopeful Troy Jackson once busted down a door and decked a man in a home during a late-night rampage back in 1988, a police report shows.
Troy Jackson, the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, has a history of violent, rage-fueled aggression toward women, according to recent media reports highlighting […] Source
Maine Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson was charged with assault after punching a man in 1988, while a police report says his longtime partner, Lana Pelletier, who is also reportedly his second cousin and the mother of his two children, told an officer at the time that Jackson had pushed her…
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