Will County jury convicts final defendant in Naperville murder

A Will County jury convicted the final of five men charged with a botched armed robbery that ended in bloodshed on Naperville's southwest side.

Jurors Thursday found Reginald D. Chandler-Martin guilty of first-degree murder and home invasion for the April 1, 2008, death of John D. Rosales, 23.

Will County Circuit Judge Richard Schoenstedt set sentencing for July 29. Chandler-Martin faces 20 to 75 years in prison.

The 23-year-old Aurora man was one of two armed men who stormed into Rosales' townhouse at 2511 Sheehan Drive in Naperville after prosecutors said they conspired for several weeks to rob him of cocaine, marijuana and money.

Chandler-Martin ordered everyone in the residence to the ground, while accomplice Tyrell Jackson shot Rosales once in the neck after he refused. Jackson, 23, of Villa Park, also is awaiting sentencing on similar charges.

Two other men, Cherrod Moore, 29, and Courtney L. Mayes, 23, both of Aurora, were playing video games with Rosales when the violence erupted. They initially claimed to be innocent bystanders, but police said they later incriminated themselves. Both men are serving 20-year prison terms.

Rosales fled the house shortly after being wounded and drove north. His car crashed into a concrete median at 87th Street and Rosales stumbled from his vehicle for about 200 feet before collapsing in a grassy portion of the median, where two other friends who weren't behind the botched robbery plan tried to help him.

A fifth man, Justin C. Harper, 22, pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to five years in prison. Harper provided the guns that were used in the crime. He later cooperated with investigators.

Assistant Will County State's Attorneys Steve Platek and Michael Knick prosecuted Chandler-Martin in Joliet.