Villa Park Felon Gets 18 Years For Home Invasion, Gun Offenses: Cops

VILLA PARK, IL – A convicted felon from Villa Park was sentenced to 18 years in prison for invading a house and possessing a gun as a felon, authorities said Tuesday.

On Jan. 8, 2020, Timothy Jackson, 32, who previously lived on Ardmore Avenue in Villa Park, was found with a loaded Smith & Wesson M&P9 Shield 9mm semiautomatic pistol while at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Wheaton, DuPage County prosecutors said in a news release.

A few weeks later, Jackson posted the necessary 10 percent, or $7,500, of his $75,000 of his bond to be released.

On Oct. 22, 2021, Jackson invaded his ex-girlfriend's house in Wheaton and held her against her will by pointing a gun at her and threatening to kill her, police said. He left before the police arrived.

A couple of months later, he was arrested in Wheeling after a short foot chase, police said.

After a bench trial last month, DuPage County Judge Margaret O'Connell found Jackson guilty of two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon at the Wheaton 7-Eleven, prosecutors said.

A few months earlier, a jury found Jackson guilty of aggravated unlawful restraint and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon in the case involving his ex-girlfriend as the victim.

"The fact that Mr. Jackson continued to illegally possess a weapon, even while out on bond for unlawful possession of a weapon, demonstrates his complete lack of respect for the rule of law," DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in the news release. "To make matters worse, Mr. Jackson used his illegally possessed gun to hold his former girlfriend against her will."