PECATONICA, Ill. — A man has been charged in connection to the death of an Illinois State trooper.
On March 28 just before 11:30 a.m., ISP trooper Brooke Jones-Story was inspecting a tractor-trailer on the side of Route 20 when she was hit and killed by a different tractor-trailer.
That tractor-trailer that hit Jones-Story was being driven by Craig Dittmar.
Dittmer was charged with reckless homicide and operating a commercial vehicle while fatigued – causing death. Both charges are felonies.
Dittmar is being held at the Stephenson County Jail on a $250,000 bond.