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# Curtain closes on man posing as actor’s son, cops plea to burglary
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/curtain-closes-on-man-posing-as-actors-son-cops-plea-to-burglary/
- Published: 2004-04-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:11:53.000Z
- Author: Carolyn Sackariason
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*Down and out in Beverly Hills; gave hoteliers the shaft*

A man captured last month by local police after going on a nationwide spending spree claiming he was the son of a famous actor has pleaded guilty to commercial burglary.

Samuel Jackson, 23, of Beverly Hills, stole more than $250,000 from merchants on lavish stays at luxury hotels and expensive rental cars, authorities say.

The other charges against Jackson — defrauding an innkeeper, fraudulent use of an access card and auto theft — were dropped as part of his plea bargain, said Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office Jane Robison. An access card is a term used for a debit card, which Jackson allegedly used fraudulently to rent a BMW, among other things.

He will serve three years in state prison to run concurrent with his five-year felony probation violation, Robison said. He is still wanted in Oklahoma on similar charges.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 7, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040704.pdf?ref=smdp.com)