The driver who was behind the wheel when his passenger fatally shot NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller during a traffic stop in Queens in 2024 has been sentenced to five years in prison, prosecutors said Tuesday. 

Lindy Jones, 44, of Edgemere, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon last month, the Queens district attorney’s office said.

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The driver who was behind the wheel when his passenger fatally shot NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller during a traffic stop in Queens in 2024 has been sentenced to five years in prison, prosecutors said Tuesday

Lindy Jones, 44, of Edgemere, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon last month, the Queens district attorney’s office said

Prosecutors said police found a loaded 9 mm pistol in the glove compartment of the car Jones was driving when his passenger, Guy Rivera, fatally shot Diller with a different gun in Far Rockaway in March 2024

Prosecutors said police found a loaded 9 mm pistol in the glove compartment of the car Jones was driving when his passenger, Guy Rivera, fatally shot Diller with a different gun in Far Rockaway in March 2024.

Rivera was convicted in April on charges including aggravated manslaughter in connection with Diller’s death. He was sentenced to 115 years to life in prison.

Jones on Tuesday was also sentenced to five years of post-release supervision. 

“Lindy Jones made the deliberate decision to possess a loaded, defaced and unregistered firearm in March 2024 as he drove through the streets of Far Rockaway,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement. “Tragically, Detective Jonathan Diller was killed in the line of duty when he was shot and killed with another illegal weapon possessed by co-defendant Guy Rivera.” 

“The scourge of gun violence is devastating our families and communities,” she added. “ I thank the members of my Homicide Bureau for securing this plea and sparing Detective Diller’s family and friends from having to relive that terrible day again during another trial.”

Diller, who was an officer at the time of his death, was posthumously promoted to detective.