![]() ![]() Jefferson struck an employee in the head with the gun, causing the gun to discharge. MaBrad Williams acted as a lookout while Thomas and Jefferson, both armed with handguns, entered Heights Finance in Kankakee, threatened employees and demanded money. Clinton Williams, Brad Williams’ brother, drove Brad and Seville Williams from the credit union JanuBrad and Seville Williams, armed with handguns, entered the Commonwealth Credit Union in Kankakee, threatened an employee and stole approximately $313,000. The defendants attempted to thwart law enforcement’s response to the scene by causing a fictitious 911 call regarding a home invasion on the opposite side of town JanuBrad and Seville Williams, armed with handguns, stole approximately $2,700 from a Kankakee Walgreen’s store. In addition to the charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, Williams was convicted of four counts of armed robbery and four counts of carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, as well as being a felon in possession of a firearm.Ĭharacterized by violent “takeovers,” evidence was presented at trial that the defendants committed the armed robberies as follows: The government presented evidence at trial that Brad Williams played a central role in each of the robberies. Collins, 27 and Tyron Thomas, 21, pled guilty to their participation in the conspiracy and are scheduled for sentencing tomorrow, March 13, 2007. Thanks to the tireless commitment of federal, state and local law enforcement, and the courageous testimony of those directly victimized by these acts, these defendants will spend decades in prison because they chose to engage in these violent acts.”Ī jury convicted the four Kankakee men in November 2006, for conspiring together from November 2005 through April 24, 2006, to commit at least five violent armed robberies resulting in more than $400,000 stolen from the financial institutions and businesses.įour other defendants in the case: Marion Jefferson III, 20 Bobby L. Attorney Heaton stated, “Justice was served today. Rory Tucker, age 21, was sentenced to more than 18 years imprisonment (221 months ) no restitution was ordered. Clinton Williams, age 34, was sentenced to 46 years (552 months) in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $416,714. Judge McCuskey sentenced Seville Williams, age 24, to 45½ years (546 months) in prison and ordered that Williams pay restitution in the amount of $317,892. Three co-defendants in the case were also sentenced today to lengthy prison terms. Williams was also ordered to pay restitution in the total amount of $421,052 with co-defendants in the case. Williams, age 28,of Kankakee, Illinois was sentenced to natural life in prison by Chief U.S. – The central figure in a group responsible for a string of violent armed robberies of financial institutions and businesses in Kankakee, Peotone and Rantoul, Illinois was ordered today to spend the rest of his natural life with no parole in federal prison. ![]()
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