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A 12-member jury convicted two defendants Thursday night on six charges related to a Norman police investigation into a gang in 2018.
Marcus Larod Jackson, 22, of Norman, and Juwan Thomas Square, 23, of Moore, were found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, discharging a weapon into a dwelling (two counts for Jackson, one for Square), assault and battery with a deadly weapon and shooting with intent to kill. Square also was found guilty of using a vehicle in the discharge of a weapon.
According to evidence presented by the state and the Norman Police Department, Jackson and Square were part of a group of eight men who were arrested in 2019 for involvement in numerous armed robberies, vehicle thefts, carjackings, drive-by shootings and drug-related offenses in Norman and four other cities under the name Money Murder Gang from June to December 2018.
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Defendants Marcus Larod Jackson, 22, of Norman, and Juwan Thomas Square, 23, of Moore, are facing multiple charges, including racketeering in a jury trial in the Cleveland County Courthouse. Opening arguments began Thursday, and the trial has entered a second week.
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By Jamie Berry | Transcript Staff Writer Feb 8, 2021
Feb 8, 2021
Defendants Marcus Larod Jackson, 22, of Norman, and Juwan Thomas Square, 23, of Moore, are facing multiple charges, including racketeering in a jury trial in the Cleveland County Courthouse. Opening arguments began Thursday, and the trial has entered a second week. Transcript File Photo
A jury trial for two defendants facing multiple counts, including racketeering charges, continued into a second week Monday at the Cleveland County Courthouse, with District Judge Michael Tupper presiding.
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A new set of jury trials is scheduled over the first two weeks in February at the Cleveland County District Courthouse.
Among the cases are a racketeering case involving four defendants and one case relating to lewd child molestation charges.
Racketeering trial
District Judge Michael Tupper will hear the racketeering case at 8:30 a.m. Monday. The case includes defendants Lawrence Lay Jr., 20, Marcus Larod Jackson, 22, and Dayven Devon Taylor, 20, all of Norman, and Juwan Thomas Square, 23, of Moore.
All of the defendants face conspiracy to commit racketeering.
A charge of racketeering and discharging a weapon into a dwelling were dismissed against Lay Jr. on Dec. 9, 2019.
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