Howard Jackson: Last News

Well, this is a shocking update on the kidnapping of Lady GaGa’s dogs!

UPDATED with latest: A man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker during the theft of two of the singer’s French bulldogs pleaded no contest today to an attempted murder charge and was immediately sentenced to 21 years in prison.

The man who shot Lady Gaga´s dog walker and stole her French bulldogs last year took a plea deal and was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Monday, officials said.James Howard Jackson, one of three men and two accomplices who participated in the violent robbery, pleaded no contest to one count of attempted murder, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.   Jackson and others drove around Hollywood on Feb. 24, 2021 'looking for French bulldogs,' prosecutors said previously.

Lady Gaga's alleged dognapper has been recaptured five months after he was mistakenly freed from a LA jail. James Howard Jackson, 19 - who was one of five people arrested after Gaga’s dog walker Ryan Discher was shot and her French bulldogs were stolen in February 2021 - was previously released due to a "clerical error" but he has now been recaptured. Last month, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Major Crime Team asked for the US Marshals help to apprehend Jackson, offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest, but warned he "should be considered armed and dangerous".

Lady Gaga‘s dog walker Ryan Fischer is reacting to the news that his alleged shooter has been freed from jail because of a “clerical error.”

Lady Gaga’s dog walker has released a statement urging the man accused of shooting him to turn himself in after he was mistakenly released from jail. Ryan Fischer was shot in the chest while walking Gaga’s three French Bulldogs in Los Angeles last year, with two of them being stolen in the attack and later returned. One of the men accused of being involved in the attack, 19-year-old James Howard Jackson, was reportedly released from jail this week due to an error, with authorities confirming to Buzzfeed News that it was ‘the result of a massive mistake.’Jackson attended a hearing at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Centre, with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records reportedly showing that he left custody the following day.According to documents, Jackson was released at 3:38pm, with the reason listed only as ‘dismissed.’Fischer said he was ‘deeply concerned’ in a statement which he shared to his Instagram story, and urged Jackson to turn himself in. He said: ‘While I’m deeply concerned at the events that led to his release, I’m confident law enforcement will rectify the error. ‘I ask for Mr. Jackson to turn himself over to the authorities, so resolution to the crime committed against me runs its course, whatever the courts determine that outcome to be.

Lady Gaga's dog walker, Ryan Fischer, says he's "deeply concerned" that the man who allegedly shot him has been accidentally released from jail. Fischer took to Instagram on Friday to share his reaction to the suspect being on the loose.

Lady Gaga's dog walker has mistakenly been released from jail, and now authorities are searching for him.In a statement to ET, a spokesperson for the L.A. County Sheriff's Department says the department is investigating the inadvertent release from custody of James Howard Jackson.