BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio -- An Oxford man accused of sexually assaulting two Miami University students in his vehicle that serves as a taxi service pleaded guilty Wednesday.
Sherman Jackson II, the owner and operator of Sherman’s Safe Ride, had been charged with three counts of rape and three counts of sexual battery. He pleaded guilty to two felony counts of sexual battery.
Common Pleas Judge Keith Spaeth set his sentencing hearing for July 12 at 1:30 p.m.
Two women filed separate reports with police accusing Jackson, 38, of the 5200 block of College Corner Pike, of sexually assaulting them in his vehicle, according to Oxford police. The incidents were reported on Dec. 8 and 9.
The first alleged victim called 911 at about 12:35 a.m. Dec. 8 from West Collins Street and reported she had been assaulted, according to the police report.
The second incident was reported by a woman who said she was assaulted between 1:30 and 4 a.m. Dec. 9 on Brown Road, according to the report.
The first woman called 911 three times early Friday, once screaming, “Let me out, let me out” and then hanging up.
Dispatchers called the woman back and were able to determine she was at the McDonald’s on South Locust Street.
"He was supposed to drop me off at home," the woman sobbed in the call. "As soon as I got in the cab, he said he was going to take me to McDonald's. I said, ‘No I want to go home.'"
Two Oxford restaurants also lodged complaints against Jackson regarding his behavior against women, according to a motion Prosecutor Kelly Heile filed alleging Jackson had violated terms of his bond.
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