On February 8, 2022, Julius Jones of Dubuque, Iowa, pled guilty as part of a plea agreement to Driving While License Revoked (Enhanced Sentence), which is a Class 4 Felony. These charges stem from a traffic crash on June 2, 2020 on Hwy 20 West in rural Stockton, Illinois. This motor vehicle crash resulted in the death of a passenger in Jones’s vehicle and was the defendant’s second or subsequent Driving While Revoked violation. Although suspected at the time of the collision, the defendant was not under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.

As a result of his plea of guilty, Jones was sentenced by Judge Kevin Ward to 2 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. This sentence shall be followed by one (1) year of Mandatory Supervised Release, formerly known as Parole.

The Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office, Stockton Police Department and Illinois State Police handled the investigation of this case.