Macoupin State's Attorney Jordan Garrison announced today an Alton man has been sentenced to ten years in the Illinois Department of Corrections - the maximum sentence allowed for reckless homicide. Anthony G. Ford, Jr. (4/8/1980) appeared in Court this morning where he entered a plea of guilty to one count of Reckless Homicide. On August 12, 2025, Ford appeared in Court for a detention hearing where the Court granted the State's motion to deny pre-trial release. He has been held in the Macoupin County Jail since that time. 

On July 7, 2025, the Illinois State Police and Macoupin County Sheriff's Department responded to a traffic crash on Illinois Route 267 near FS Road in Macoupin County. Surveillance video was obtained from a nearby business. After reviewing the surveillance video it was determined that Ford was driving a box truck when he crossed the center line and struck head on a vehicle being driven by Taylor Cummines of Medora. Cummines was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries sustained in the crash. Toxicology results indicated that Ford had consumed cocaine sometime prior to the crash. 

"Ford had no business whatsoever being behind the wheel that day," Garrison said. "His reckless actions cause the lost of a mother, daughter, granddaughter and sibling. I offer my sincerest sympathies to Taylor's entire family. I thank the Illinois State Police, specifically Tpr. Matt Storey and Special Agent Josh Bruhn of Zone 6 Major Crimes, for their amazing work in obtaining justice for her family."