A man was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for shooting at a security guard while robbing a bank in the Loop and another in River North three years ago, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Illinois.
Jawad Hakeem, a 51-year-old Waukegan resident, pleaded guilty to firearm and robbery charges earlier this year, the office said. He was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison last week.
On March 3, 2023, Hakeem brandished a gun while robbing a Chase location in River North, prosecutors said. Six days later, he robbed a Fifth Third bank in the Loop.
On March 9, 2023, Hakeem read employees’ name tags while threatening to kill them unless they gave him $100,000, prosecutors previously said. He grabbed bags full of nearly $24,000 in cash before exchanging gunfire with a security guard. No one was struck or injured.
He was arrested four days later in Waukegan, after investigators tracked him down with details from an encounter he had with a woman where he told her he was a “sugar daddy” and that he was running for president in 2024, prosecutors said. He gave the woman his phone number, claiming it was “special” and given to him by T-Mobile.
He later left behind the gun and the gloves from the robbery, along with other items, when he skipped on Woodlawn motel bill.
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