INDIANAPOLIS — Eddie Pernell Jones was sentenced to 50 years Friday morning in Hendricks County court after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the death of Indiana State Police Trooper Aaron Smith.
Jones, 20, of Sikeston, Missouri, will serve 40 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections followed by 10 years of probation.
He pleaded guilty in November to resisting law enforcement causing death, attempted aggravated battery and attempted battery with a deadly weapon. The murder charge was dropped as part of the plea agreement…