Man is charged with 2nd sex assault near Loring Park

Last update: July 25, 2008 - 9:07 PM

A Minneapolis man was charged Friday with raping a woman near Loring Park.

Henry Lean Jackson, 48, was arrested Thursday and charged with sexually assaulting a woman in August 2007.

Earlier this year, he had been convicted of another, separate sexual assault near the same park during the same month, according to a complaint. In connection with that case, he had provided a DNA sample. It matched DNA found on the victim in the new case.

According to Friday's complaint:

Minneapolis police were called to Hennepin County Medical Center on Aug. 19 after a woman reported she'd been grabbed by a man the night before. She said he had covered her nose and mouth with his hand and said, "If you scream, I'll kill you," then dragged her to a staircase and raped her.

Jackson was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of kidnapping. He is scheduled to appear in court Monday.

PATRICE RELERFORD

AND JENNA ROSS

Recent Minneapolis stories

Driver surrenders in fatal hit and run - July 25, 2008

Driver surrenders in fatal hit and run - David John Lund, 22, is charged with criminal vehicular homicide in the death of Emiliano Camilo Hernandez, 43. More