Oklahoma senate candidate’s sentence for bogus check has ended
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT
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Published: November 4, 2009
Before announcing his candidacy for a state Senate seat that covers part of Oklahoma City, Matt Jackson went to Lawton to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of writing a bogus check 10 years earlier.
Jackson, a Republican seeking public office for the first time, didn’t mention the incident when he announced his candidacy last month.
Jackson, 35, said Tuesday he had been unaware that a misdemeanor charge had been filed against him. The former sheriff’s deputy said he found out about it in April after he performed a background check on himself.
"I wanted to make sure that I took a long, hard look at myself and my life and my background and stumbled across the deal on the Supreme Court (records) network and followed up with it,” Jackson said.
He called the district attorney’s office "and made it right,” he said.
Jackson pleaded guilty May 1 to the misdemeanor. He was given a six-month deferred sentence, paid a $100 fine and court costs as well as a monthly $40 supervision fee to the district attorney’s office, according to
Comanche County District Court records. His deferred sentence ended Sunday.
Jackson, then known as
Warren Matthew Jackson, said he had changed jobs and banks in Waurika. A check he had written for $43.15 in October 1999 in Lawton was returned for insufficient funds to the Waurika bank.
"Apparently I closed the account too early and a check cleared I didn’t know about,” Jackson said.
Jackson said he moved to Oklahoma City in 2003 to work for the
Oklahoma County Sheriffs Association. He now works for a private company that consults with county officials about jails.
Jackson is seeking the District 30 seat.
"I’d like to think the people of District 30 are more focused on the issues facing the state and not so much an oversight of a young guy fresh out of college,” Jackson said.
David Holt, also a Republican, announced earlier for the post, which includes portions of northwest Oklahoma City,
Bethany,
Warr Acres and The Village.
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21 O.S. 1541.1:
Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud, shall obtain or attempt to obtain from any person, firm or corporation any money, property or valuable thing, of a value less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), by means or by use of any trick or deception, or false or fraudulent representation or statement or pretense, or by any other means or instruments or device commonly called the "confidence game", or by means or use of any false or bogus checks, or by any other written or printed or engraved instrument or spurious coin, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.