Richard Sylvester Jones
Name: Richard Sylvester Jones
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 07/12/2020
Location: Old Branch Avenue and Tarquin Avenue
Clinton, Maryland, 20748
County: Prince George's
Agency: Prince George's County Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: A clerk at a gas station called police about people acting unusual in an SUV at the gas pumps about 4:45 p.m. An officer spoke to the people in the SUV before they drove away. Police pursued the SUV for 6.7 miles before it crashed into at least two utility poles, killing the driver, 62-year-old Lynda Ann Jones, and her son, 42-year-old Richard Sylvester Jones. Five Prince George's County police officers were suspended after the fatal crash. Early reporting said the chase was unauthorized.
Unique ID: 28416
News article: Link
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