A Hammond man is charged for fleeing a fatal wreck in a Lake County Jail correctional officer’s death, records allege.

Jimmie Jacobs III, 29, was charged Tuesday with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death to another person, a Level 4 felony, and reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony.

If convicted, he faces up to 18 years in prison.

He is in custody, held on a $5,500 cash bond.

Schererville Police responded to a two-car crash around 4 a.m. Oct. 11 on U.S. 30 near Austin Avenue.

A Honda Civic’s driver – Ronald Jones, 58, of Schererville – was “unconscious” and extricated with the “jaws of life.” A white Chrysler 300 was empty. Jones had worked as a correctional officer at the Lake County Jail for nearly nine years, according to a previous news release.

He was pronounced dea

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