07-01-2011, 07:27 AM
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A Kansas City man faces a sexual assault charge after police say he assaulted an unconscious woman on the sidewalk during the day Wednesday. He told police, "I thought the lady was dead.” oh well, that's OK then. 
Melvin L. Jackson, 48, was charged Thursday with a felony count of sexual assault.
At around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, police were called to the 3400 block of Troost Avenue on a report of a rape. When officers arrived, they spoke with a witness who said she saw a man having sexual intercourse with a victim, who was unconscious, on the sidewalk outside of a vacant business.
The witness told police a man came into her business and said he believed someone was getting assaulted outside. The witness walked outside and saw the victim lying on the ground in fetal position and a man positioned over the victim with his pants and underwear around his ankles.
The witness said she confronted the suspect. He reportedly pulled up his pants and began walking northbound on Troost.
The witness said she waved down an officer on Troost and police arrested Jackson a short time later.
When police asked Jackson why his pants were unzipped, he said he touched a lady’s leg and then said, “I thought the lady was dead.”
Melvin L. Jackson, 48, was charged Thursday with a felony count of sexual assault.
At around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, police were called to the 3400 block of Troost Avenue on a report of a rape. When officers arrived, they spoke with a witness who said she saw a man having sexual intercourse with a victim, who was unconscious, on the sidewalk outside of a vacant business.
The witness told police a man came into her business and said he believed someone was getting assaulted outside. The witness walked outside and saw the victim lying on the ground in fetal position and a man positioned over the victim with his pants and underwear around his ankles.
The witness said she confronted the suspect. He reportedly pulled up his pants and began walking northbound on Troost.
The witness said she waved down an officer on Troost and police arrested Jackson a short time later.
When police asked Jackson why his pants were unzipped, he said he touched a lady’s leg and then said, “I thought the lady was dead.”