Nixon sentenced to 2 1/2 years in women's correctional center.
Cherily Nixon is seen at her June 2010 arraignment.SPRINGFIELD – A 22-year-old Springfield woman has been sentenced to 2½ years in jail for her role in taking Anthony E. Jessup 950 miles to Emporia, Va., after Jonathan Santiago was fatally shot.
Cherily Nixon pleaded guilty April 27 to accessory after the fact to murder.
She was sentenced by Hampden Superior Court Judge John A. Agostini to 2½ years in the Western Massachusetts Women’s Correctional Center in Chicopee.
Jessup, 22, of Springfield, was found guilty in March of first degree murder for the shooting of Santiago, 21, of Lawton Street as he sat in his car at the intersection of State and Austin Streets May 30, 2010.
Nixon has 236 days credit for time served awaiting trial.
Jessup was pulled over by police for speeding, but was taken into custody when Virginia police ran his name through the computer and found he was wanted for murder in Springfield, police said at the time.