Daniel Jackson has struggled with and been treated for mental illness for the past 19 years.

Diagnosed bipolar and manic-depressive, Jackson is frequently suicidal.

He was arrested Oct. 21, 2003, on a charge of robbery in Suffolk County, New York. When police were questioning him at the station in Babylon, he slipped out of his handcuffs and attempted to escape.

When caught, he was charged with escape in the first degree. The robbery charge was eventually dismissed, but he was convicted on the escape charge and sentenced to a minimum of 18 months and maximum of three years. He served the sentence at Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill, N.Y., and was later transferred to Great Meadows Correctional Facility in Comstock, N.Y.

Jackson was released from Great Meadows on Jan. 31, 2006, and placed on parole. Shortly after this conditional release, Jackson came to Maine where his mother and other family live. The move violated his parole.

In July, he was arrested by Wilton police after being accused of firing a gun inside an apartment. He has since been indicted on charges of terrorizing and reckless conduct, as well as being held as a fugitive from justice.

On Aug. 13, Jackson escaped from the Franklin County Jail. He was captured the following day and returned to the jail, where he is now being held on $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 surety bond as he awaits trial.

– Staff Writer Katie Camire