A Chicago man charged in a 2013 police chase that turned deadly was found guilty of first-degree murder by way of residential burglary during a trial Saturday.
Timothy Jones, of the 12500 block of South Union Avenue, was accused of murder after a police SUV collided with two cars while they were chasing Jones, killing 54-year-old Jacqueline Reynolds. The police chase was sparked when officers discovered Jones breaking into a home on May 8, 2013, in the 7800 block of South Ellis.
Reynolds was en route to a funeral when the police SUV collided with her car. Police said the SUV's lights and sirens were on at the time of the crash.
The jury found Jones guilty of murder on the grounds that the police SUV would not have struck Reynolds if Jones had not led police on a high-speed chase following the burglary.
Jones was found guilty of first-degree murder and residential burglary, but he was not found guilty of home invasion and armed robbery.
Jones, who was then a student attending Lincoln University in Missouri on a football scholarship, was 20 when he was charged with one count of murder, armed home invasion and armed robbery. He was also charged with leaving the scene of a deadly accident and not having car insurance.
The trial was the first in Cook County to allow cameras in the courtroom for the duration of the trial.
