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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA Chicago man has pleaded guilty of an armored truck robbery in northwestern Indiana that netted several suspects more than $600,000 in cash.
Thirty-year-old Akeem Jackson pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court in Hammond to robbery and armed robbery.
Federal prosecutors say Jackson, who’s a former Brinks armored truck driver, will face at least five years in prison and a maximum penalty exceeding 20 years when he’s sentenced.
The Times of Northwest Indiana reported Jackson acknowledged on Monday that he and four other men took part in the April 2018 robbery of a Brinks armored truck outside a Hammond bank branch.
He told the court the other men approached him to join them because he was a former Brinks driver and familiar with the armored truck company’s procedures.
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