July 2, 2025 – CATOOSA COUNTY, GA — A repeat probation violator will serve the rest of his sentence behind bars, becoming the first offender sentenced under the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit’s new “Three Strikes and You’re Out” probation policy.
District Attorney Clayton M. Fuller announced Tuesday that Brandon Edward Jackson’s probation was fully revoked during a July 1 court hearing. Jackson, originally convicted in 2014 of Cruelty to Children in the First Degree and Aggravated Battery, had been sentenced to 20 years—six to serve in prison and the remainder on probation.
Despite the opportunity to complete his sentence in the community, Jackson violated probation conditions twice before. His third violation triggered the new policy.
During Tuesday’s hearing, Assistant District Attorney David Wolfe presented evidence that Jackson had destroyed government property and issued violent threats against his probation officer, including threats of sexual violence toward other female officers.
Invoking the newly adopted policy—designed to hold repeat violators accountable and protect public resources—Wolfe requested that Jackson serve the remainder of his original sentence in prison. Judge Chris Arnt granted the request, revoking Jackson’s probation through 2034.
District Attorney Fuller credited the outcome to the work of ADA Wolfe and the Georgia Department of Community Supervision.
“These probation officers are some of the hardest working folks in law enforcement, and they get very little recognition,” Fuller said. “They protect our communities every day, often without thanks.”
Fuller emphasized that probation is not a guarantee, but a second chance that must be earned and respected.
“For too long, probationers in this circuit have acted like probation is a right ordained by God to keep them out of prison,” Fuller said. “Let me be clear: we have probation’s back. If you threaten these hard-working folks just doing their job—on top of wasting the opportunity that the taxpayers of this community gave you—you’re going to face the consequences.”
Referencing the new zero-tolerance approach to repeat violations, Fuller concluded, “They may hug thugs in California, but in Northwest Georgia, we’re about to have more strikeouts than Nolan Ryan.”