Sex Offender Soccer Dad Hit With New Charges
Marc Jacques attending the Hopkinton versus Kearsarge girls soccer game on October 7, 2024 at Hopkinton High School.
Sutton, NH - Federal prosecutors went back to the grand jury and obtained three new child sex abuse image indictments against sex-offending soccer dad Marc Jacques.
Jacques, 52, was originally indicted on one count of possession of child sex abuse images in March, more than a year after he was charged in the case. He allegedly obtained the images while he was waiting to start serving a five-year prison sentence for a 2024 child sex abuse image conviction. Jacques had been granted months of free time after he pleaded guilty in 2024 so that he could attend soccer games for his transgender child, Maelle Jacques.
Would they have made such a plea deal if his son wasn't transgender?
This summer, as his trial date approached, Jacques asked for more time to negotiate a plea agreement. That pushed the trial out to November. Those negotiations don’t seem to have been fruitful, as prosecutors sought, and received, three new indictments on Oct. 7.
If convicted, Jacques now faces up to 20 years on each of the three felony counts.
The Jacques saga began in 2024 when he pleaded guilty to one count of CSAM possession that March. When he was sentenced to five years in prison that September, Jacques was given until Dec. 2, 2024, to report to prison so he could hang out at high school girls’ soccer games.
Court records allege Jacques also used his free time to download several graphic and disturbing videos depicting child sex abuse.
Before his prison sentence was scheduled to start, federal Probation and Parole officers handling his case allowed Jacques a work laptop, a personal laptop, and a cellphone. His case officers installed tracking software on all his devices, allowing them to monitor his online activity.
Yet court records show that no one in probation and parole checked the tracking software for months. According to investigative reports, Jacques allegedly made illegal downloads in August and September 2024, but his case officer didn’t check the tracking program until Oct. 16.
That check occurred after the U.S. Attorney’s Office asked Probation and Parole about Jacques’ case on Oct. 15, 2024. Residents had started calling the U.S. attorney in the days before the check, concerned that Jacques was attending Kearsarge High School girls soccer games completely unsupervised.
Maelle Jacques was a controversial star athlete for Kearsarge at the time, and many parents initially objected to a large biological boy competing against daughters. Their objections quickly refocused when they realized that Marc Jacques, who was hanging out at the school games, was convicted of CSAM possession.
Jacques was arrested Oct. 18 after his case officer finally learned he was downloading CSAM to a thumb drive. During the Oct. 18 arrest, Jacques tried to downplay the material and claimed there was nothing illegal.
“Jacques admitted to the probation officer that he possessed an unauthorized flash drive and that he knew of the sexually explicit content on the flash drive. Jacques denied that the flash drive contained any illegal images,” one of the search warrant affidavits states.
The affidavits describe the images and videos as horrific. Jacques was downloading and saving graphic sexual assaults involving prepubescent girls, and at least one boy estimated to be between 8 and 10, according to the affidavits.
When he was arrested in October 2024, investigators had search warrants for the internet-enabled devices in Jacques’ Newbury home. But those devices weren’t there. Instead, an unnamed family member gathered a laptop, a cellphone, and Maelle Jacques’ iPad and brought them to another family member’s home, according to court records.
Investigators recovered the devices on Oct. 23. After that five-day gap, court records show no CSAM was found on the devices.
Jacques immediately started his five-year sentence in October 2024, and he was officially charged in December for violating his presentence release. But Jacques delayed the case repeatedly to seek a negotiated plea agreement.
Before he was indicted in March, all federal judges in New Hampshire recused themselves from the case, and U.S. District Judge Amy Moses for the District of Rhode Island was appointed.
The mass recusal likely reflects the role Probation and Parole didn’t play in overseeing Jacques during his 2024 presentence free time. District court judges in the federal system oversee Probation and Parole staff, creating a potential conflict if those staffers were called as witnesses at trial.
Montgomery County man sentenced to life without parole for years of child sexual abuse
A Montgomery County jury has sentenced 70-year-old Jerry Lynn Robertson to life in prison without the possibility of parole following his conviction for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child Under 14.The jury delivered the sentence on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, after hearing testimony detailing years of grooming, manipulation and sexual abuse that began when the victim was just 5 years old.
The case was tried in the 9th District Court before Judge Phil Grant. Chief Prosecutor Tamara Tyler and Assistant District Attorney Criss Cole prosecuted the case.
Evidence presented at trial revealed how Robertson maintained two vastly different personas: a caring, trustworthy figure in public and an abuser who used secrecy, manipulation and threats behind closed doors.
For nearly eight years, Robertson exploited the child’s trust, using affection, attention and favors to gradually violate boundaries and normalize his abuse. Witnesses described a deliberate pattern of grooming that allowed Robertson to manipulate the victim’s understanding of what was acceptable while concealing his crimes.
In February 2025, after gaining distance from Robertson and receiving support from trusted individuals, the victim disclosed the abuse, prompting a law enforcement investigation.
The survivor later took the witness stand, sitting just feet away from Robertson as she described the years of abuse and manipulation she endured. In doing so, she gave a voice to the little girl who had been too afraid to speak, confronting the man who had counted on her silence for years.
Her testimony, supported by additional witnesses and evidence, exposed the calculated pattern of control that had kept her silent throughout much of her childhood. During the punishment phase, jurors also heard evidence that Robertson had begun exhibiting grooming behaviors toward another young girl shortly before his arrest.
After finding Robertson guilty, the jury deliberated for less than 15 minutes before delivering a sentence of life without parole.
Chief Prosecutor Tamara Tyler said afterward, “This defendant spent years manipulating a child into believing his abuse was normal. It wasn’t. He exploited her trust, distorted her understanding of the world, and counted on her silence. But she found the courage to stand before a jury and tell the truth. This jury listened, weighed the evidence, and held him accountable. His age did not determine this sentence. His actions did.”
District Attorney Mike Holley added, “This defendant robbed a child of the safety and innocence she deserved, and he will now spend the rest of his life paying for it. I commend this young woman for her remarkable courage and the jury for ensuring justice was served. Those who prey on children should never mistake the passage of time for an escape from justice. Protecting children is not simply a priority for this office. It is a responsibility we will never compromise.”
The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office reaffirmed its commitment to seeking justice for victims of child abuse and holding those who exploit children accountable.
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Seguin Sex Offender, 58, Hit With New Child Sex Charges While on Probation
Published on October 19, 2026
A 58-year-old Seguin man already on probation for child sex crimes was arrested again this past week, this time accused of a new indecency-with-a-child offense and of giving marijuana to a minor, according to the Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office. Emanuel Bishop Jr. was initially taken into custody on Oct. 15 on a second-degree felony charge of failing to comply with sex-offender registration requirements, and investigators soon followed up with two more warrants.
According to the San Antonio Express-News, Bishop faces charges of indecency with a child involving sexual conduct and delivery of marijuana to a minor, both attributed to the sheriff's office. As reported by Yahoo News, investigators said Bishop had been using a phone number and a social media account he had not reported, a violation of sex-offender registration laws.
Investigation Traces Back to Memory Lane Report
The case began after the Seguin Police Department contacted the sheriff's office about an alleged indecency-with-a-child offense reported in the 200 block of Memory Lane in Seguin, per the same account. That tip led investigators to obtain two more arrest warrants charging Bishop with indecency with a child and providing marijuana to a child, both described as second-degree felony charges. Bishop was arrested at his residence and booked into the Guadalupe County Adult Detention Center without incident, the article notes.
The sheriff's office said it did not specify the nature of the newly alleged offense, and it did not say whether the unreported phone number or social media account was connected to the new allegations, according to the Express-News. Bishop's bail now totals $1.1 million, court records show, per the Express-News.
A 2022 Plea and a Sentence the Sheriff Calls Too Lenient
Bishop is currently serving a 10-year term of deferred-adjudication community supervision in Guadalupe County stemming from three prior indecency-with-a-child cases, the sheriff's office said. He was placed on that supervision in 2022 after pleading guilty to three counts of indecency with a child involving sexual contact, with county court records attributing the underlying offenses to 2019. Guadalupe County Sheriff Joshua Ray criticized the prior sentence and emphasized the importance of protecting children, according to the same report.
Under Texas law, deferred adjudication allows a defendant to avoid a formal conviction while completing a term of community supervision, as outlined in the state's Chapter 42A Community Supervision statute. Indecency with a child is defined under Texas Penal Code 21.11, and registration obligations for offenders like Bishop fall under Chapter 62.001 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
How Texas Tracks Registered Offenders
The Texas Department of Public Safety describes its sex-offender registration and public-notification program as a tool designed to protect the public, requiring both adult and juvenile offenders to register with local law enforcement, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Bishop's alleged use of an unreported phone and social media account is the kind of registration violation that program is meant to catch.
Cases involving registered offenders accused of circumventing those requirements have surfaced elsewhere in recent weeks. A Sept. 30 report from KNOE described a registered sex offender arrested on social-media and drug charges, while FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth reported that Markus Hudson Jr. was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for using social media to coerce victims into child sexual abuse acts. Those cases remain separate from Bishop's, with no established connection beyond the broader pattern of offenders and online platforms colliding with registration law.
