PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - A Peoria man will serve prison time after he was sentenced for a fatal 2023 hit-and-run in South Peoria, according to the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Friday morning, a Peoria County judge sentenced 41-year-old John Timothy, Jr., to 15 years in prison in connection to the hit-and-run that killed 28-year-old Akeem Alexander.

The crash happened at about 3:30 a.m., according to a call police received from the detection service inside Timothy’s Land Rover, in the 1900 block of West Howett Street.

When officers arrived, they found Alexander lying face down next to a bicycle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. However, Timothy and his Land Rover were nowhere in sight.

Police later found the vehicle on Antoinette Street with heavy damage on the front en

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