Felton Wallace Jackson III

On May 12, 2026, at approximately 4:02 P.M., police officers responded to a location in Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota. The reporting party stated that his girlfriend (hereinafter “Victim”) had been choked out by her father. Upon arrival, police officers located Victim who explained that her father, FELTON WALLACE JACKSON III [DOB REDACTED], had started an argument that ended with him strangling her. Victim explained that she and her boyfriend had just returned from a road trip. JACKSON became upset because Victim [NAME REDACTED] during the trip.

JACKSON was yelling aggressively, and Victim [NAME REDACTED] was going to hurt her. JACKSON then got on top of Victim and choked her with two hands. Victim was only able to breathe a little bit and was able to speak. During the assault, Victim’s mother and brother tried to get Jackson off Victim. Paramedics arrived and assessed Victim. Victim [NAME REDACTED] had choked her twice previously. Victim [NAME REDACTED] was sore and felt scratchy. Police officers then spoke with Victim’s mother and brother.

The brother explained that Victim and JACKSON were arguing about a lack of phone calls during a road trip. Then, JACKSON pushed Victim onto her bed and held her down. The mother stated that Victim and JACKSON were mutually arguing before JACKSON pushed Victim [NAME REDACTED]. JACKSON denied strangling Victim and later declined to give a statement. The investigator followed up with Victim’s boyfriend who was on a FaceTime call with Victim at the time of the assault. The boyfriend reported he heard and saw the argument between JACKSON and Victim.

During the argument, he heard Victim say, “are you going to hit? Are you going to choke me again?” Then, the boyfriend saw JACKSON put both hands around Victim’s neck and push her head into the bed. The boyfriend could see Victim [NAME REDACTED] from the choking. The boyfriend heard JACKSON say, “I’ll choke you out, b***h” and “I’ll hurt you.” The boyfriend then saw Victim’s mother and brother attempting to pull JACKSON off Victim. Victim provided a photograph which showed a red linear scratch mark on the left side of her neck.

On the following day, a detective took follow-up photographs which still showed a 1cm scratch. To address conditions of release, the State requests a complaint warrant to be executed 2 19HA-CR-26-685 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 5/15/2026 nationwide.