Chantelle Jones | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/chantelle-jones/Latest news about Chantelle Jonesen-usTue, 12 May 2015 20:53:03 -0500Andrew L. Jones sentenced to prison for drunken crash that killed girlfriendhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/05/12/andrew-l-jones-sentenced-to-prison-for-drunken-crash-that-killed-girlfriend/<p><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/05/Jones-Andrew.jpg" alt="Andrew Jones / Photo from Chicago Police" width="100%" height="auto" class="size-full wp-image-11189" /><br /> Andrew Jones / Photo from Chicago Police</p> <p>BY LEEANN SHELTON<br /> Sun-Times Media</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/andrew-l-jones/">Andrew L. Jones</a> was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for an alcohol-involved crash that killed his girlfriend on the West Side in 2013.</p> <p>Jones, 35, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated DUI and one count of reckless homicide at a hearing before Judge William Hooks, who handed down the sentence, according to court records.</p> <p>Authorities said Jones was driving a 1998 Saturn south on Western Avenue when he lost control and hit a viaduct near 16th Street about 2:15 a.m. Feb. 23, 2013.<br /> <span id="more-11188"></span><br /> The force of the crash split the car in half, leaving the passenger’s side completely exposed, police said.</p> <p>Jones' girlfriend, 26-year-old Cicero resident <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/chantelle-jones/">Chantelle Jones</a>, was a passenger in the vehicle and died three hours later, authorities said.</p> <p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/1013.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>Authorities said alcohol was a factor in the wreck. Police noted that Andrew Jones was also driving with a suspended license and without insurance.</p> <p>Andrew Jones, of the 700 block of West 17th Street, will receive credit for more than two years spent in jail since his arrest.</p> Michael LansuTue, 12 May 2015 20:53:03 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/05/12/andrew-l-jones-sentenced-to-prison-for-drunken-crash-that-killed-girlfriend/Chantelle JonesAndrew L. Jones