LANCASTER – The getaway driver involved in a 2012 robbery that turned into a homicide was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in state prison.
Jinea Ingram, 26, drove her boyfriend, Timothy Johnson, to and from a robbery that ended in the death of Lancaster business owner Reed Keith, according to court testimony.
Keith, 59, was robbed and shot in the knee, chest and head at his e-Chap Computers and More store in Lancaster on March 23, 2012, prosecutors said. (Read more here)
A gunman in a ski mask entered the store around 4 p.m. and confronted Keith and another man. Keith was shot dead after he refused to comply with the gunman’s orders, while the other man managed to escape as the gunman was rummaging the store.
Days after the incident, Ingram and Johnson were arrested and charged with murder and robbery. (Read more here.)
After more than two years of delays, Ingram pleaded no contest May 6 to one count of voluntary manslaughter, and she admitted the allegation of use of a firearm. (Read more here.)
The murder charge and two counts of second degree robbery were dismissed against Ingram as part of the plea deal. Ingram also agreed to testify against Johnson.
At Johnson’s trial last month, Ingram testified that she drove Johnson to and from the computer store because Johnson told her he wanted to “hit a lick” (slang term for robbery).
Ingram also testified that she drove Johnson to his mother’s house in Lancaster following the robbery. The stolen computers and Keith’s wallet were later recovered from the Lancaster home, according to court testimony. Ingram said she did not know the robbery had turned into a homicide until she was questioned by detectives.
Johnson was found guilty by jury on Aug. 1 of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree robbery. The jury also found true a special circumstance allegation that the killing was committed during a robbery. (Read more here.) Johnson is scheduled to be sentenced on September 19.
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13 Speed says
21 years not nearly enough.Reeds never coming back and 21 years?What a slap in the face to decent people.
Blinky says
Hopefully he will get the death penalty. It is not OK to rob someone and then kill them!
A says
Bad people go to church.
Jordan Hardaway says
“Ingram said she did not know the robbery had turned into a homicide until she was questioned by detectives.”
What [removed] difference does it make? Crime is crime you [removed]. You’re a 26yr old woman acting like a damn child, hanging out with some low-life bum like Timothy Johnson who would rather steal someone else’s values instead of accumulating his own. I can see why these two imbeciles wound up together. You attract what you are.
Amazingly the “woman card” didn’t get her less time like it usually does in this country. They deserve equal time as men.
Hopefully the scumbag, waste of oxygen Timothy Johnson gets thrown under the jail with NO chance of future parole. Have fun rotting behind bars parasites.
. says
She a [removed] period! She was a nice church going person and if she knew someone was going to be shot to death she would have never been part of it? Go [removed] for such a pathetic comment like that but its perfectly fine to go and rob the [removed] store right, just not kill someone? Regardless, im sure she knew exactly what was going on in there because a gunshot isnt exactly silent and decided to drive the guy away ANYWAYS didnt she!
Im pretty damn sure she knew EXACTLY who she was dating to be in the [removed] car to begin with as a getaway driver! Use your damn head
I've seen it all says
Why do people try to describe a criminal as being a good person. The “Hells Angels” do charity events several times a year but are still contract killers & drug dealers. This thug made a conscious decision to drive her thug boyfriend to a store to commit “ARMED ROBBERY”! Do you have any idea how many lives are destroyed by these acts of violence? People become afraid to be around others, Cant be in a crowd, freak out bcuz of noises, and sometimes, can never leave their homes due to the fear of having some thug point a gun at your face and threaten to take your life!
She got off lightly with just 21 years. She should have faced the “Felony Murder” rule for her involvement in this. She will ultimately pay the price on judgement day!
Nancy P says
The people on here defending this woman have got to be drinking the kool-aide.
Some people seem to think they can break all the rules and laws that are in place as long as they go to church on Sunday. They are the first to tell you God is good, and to have a blessed day, as they pile into their Mercedes to go collect on some illegal scheme. The families are left to pick up the pieces when something happens and they all act like they didn’t see it coming.
William says
Some people go to church to be forgiven so they can do it again.
Guilt works the same way for some people. They do something harmful, feel guilty about it and then they’re free to go about their business.
Isn’t that great?
It’s interesting how some humans don’t get the cost to their own lives when they harm another, even if they get away with it. Maybe that should be taught in the first grade along with the 3 Rs.
Just saw an old movie on Turner Classics called ‘The Letter’. Bette Davis starts the movie by firing 6 shots into her lover because he told her he prefers his wife over her. Bette convinces her husband and her lawyer that he tried to rape her and it was self-defense.
So far, so good. Except the guy’s wife has a revealing letter that Bette wrote to the lover the night she killed him and the plot thickens.
Even if these 2 weren’t caught, their lives are ruined anyway and they wouldn’t ever be smart enough to realize it. You sold out the rest of your life for some stolen stuff? You lose.
Logan says
At least she will have a chance at parole in a decade or so. She can use the time in prison to improve herself and maybe get a degree.
The piece of crap that murdered the store owner in cold-blood, however, I hope they put him to death. There’s no reason for him to eat up tax dollars or have a chance at going free. Some people just don’t need to continue to exist on this planet anymore.
I hope says
I really hope this is an example to all the young ladies thinking love is everything. Think about who you are with! Jinea would have had a different fate but got involved with a person who only thought about getting away, who only thought about himself. She is paying the price now. 21 years of her life now gone in prison. If your significant other is in bad steps, think about how it can affect YOUR future people!
Asia says
This is the result of loving a loser more than herself. Once he would of said I need to hit a lick. I would have said bye… don’t come back. Her simple self trynna prove her love decides to be his accomplice. Women need to think for themselves and stop trynna love sociopaths. She get the BIG DUMMY AWARD!!!
Done says
Part of me feels sorry for this woman. She clearly involved herself with the wrong people and now she’s paying a heavy price for it.
H says
Jinea was a church going young lady … Was there every Sunday and bible study on Wednesday .. She’s kind and has a beautiful personality ! She fell in love with the wrong man and now she has to live with the consequences … We her family miss her dearly :( … It breaks my heart to read all these comments calling her a crackhead when she wasn’t on drugs like that … She was in love and made bad choices but if she would of known a man was going to be shot to death she would of never been apart of this
jade says
She was a church going woman well I guess she valued love with a man more valuable then the love of God. She was going to church so much and u mean to tell me she didnt think that god doesnt want to take things that you havent earned. I hope he gets the book thrown at him. Hope she can come to term with what happened and use better judgement next time. People shouldnt call her a crackhead thats wrong.
H says
Thank you Jade … Something in life things stir us off what’s important and yes it clouded her judgement .. I am not saying what happened was right … I feel for the family of this innocent man but I also love Jinea and it breaks my heart to hear people say so many negative things … She will live with this for the rest of her life and I know that it’s killing her inside :(
William says
Are you sure you’re not mistaking being in ‘heat’ for ‘love’? That is not love even if people commonly call it that.
bird says
William—You are the internet troll of A.V. . You know nothing of love, and you’re the one that’s in heat over verbally abusing people. You sow discord with every comment, and the more hate you can incite, the more you froth at the mouth.
William says
@bird
You’re ‘projecting’ again, my dear.
Like I’ve said before, you are a hypocrite and I have a low tolerance for them and you.
Your own reply was full of hate. Who are you kidding?
William says
@bird
So, you call a getaway driver’s attraction to a robber and murderer “love”
You are so much more ignorant that I ever thought before.
You really, really don’t know what love is, do you, bird? You put on airs for all to see to cover your hypocrisy and hatred.
You’re like all those preachers and politicians who talk ‘family values’, blah, blah, blah while they are more corrupt than any atheist. They are revealed daily. One after another.
We just don’t know what you’ve got going on that we don’t know about…..yet. I’ll bet it’s juicy.