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Date: 04-27-2021
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Case Number: 1:18-cr-00045
Judge: Elaine E. Bucklo
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Cook county)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to rob cell phone stores.
Antonio Edwards and two co-defendants engaged in a conspiracy to rob a series of cell phone stores in 2017. The crew conducted takeover-style robberies in which two or three robbers would enter a store and order employees to the back of the store at gunpoint. The robbers then loaded phones into bags and fled the store. Edwards personally participated in three of the heists – in Chicago, Waukegan, and Bradley – and he brandished a gun during the Waukegan and Bradley robberies.
Edwards, 26, of Chicago, was charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence, racketeering, and violent crime involving a machine gun.
The sentence was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; and Emmerson Buie, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI. Valuable assistance was provided by police departments in Chicago, Waukegan, Bradley, Mount Prospect, North Aurora, Skokie, and Homewood. The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Aaron R. Bond and Kristen Totten.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted by a jury.
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