Lindy Jones, of Queens, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and defacing a weapon, the NYPD said.
The driver behind the wheel when NYPD officer Jonathan Diller was shot and killed Monday during a traffic stop in Queens has been arrested and charged.Lindy Jones, 41, of Queens, was charged on Wednesday morning with criminal possession of a weapon and defacing a weapon.According to police, Jones was in the driver’s seat of an illegally parked vehicle at a bus stop when the officers asked the men inside to step out just before 6 p.m. in Far Rockaway.
Charges against him are pending.Diller, meanwhile, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where he later died. He leaves behind a wife and a 1-year-old son. According to Mayor Eric Adams, Rivera has more than 20 prior arrests.Shortly before Jones was charged, officers recovered a second weapon – a 9-millimeter firearm – in the glove compartment of the vehicle, sources told The New York Post. They are investigating whether the gun belongs to Jones.
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