One of two Lake County men charged after a teenager was robbed at gunpoint and attacked in Wonder Lake has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty.
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 5:30 p.m. on July 23, 2023, to the 3400 block of Thompson Road in Wonder Lake for a call of an armed robbery.
The suspect vehicle fled the area and was spotted by officers with the McHenry Police Department on Route 120, according to police radio traffic.
The suspects fled from the car near Route 120 and Hillside Lane in McHenry.
Law enforcement began searching the neighborhood to the north for the suspects, residents told Lake and McHenry County Scanner. Three suspects were taken into custody.
Christopher B. Williams, 21, of Round Lake Beach, and Azmi S. Ibrahim, 21, of Waukegan, were both initially charged with armed robbery and mob action, court records show.
A grand jury later charged them both with armed robbery, mob action, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful restraint and four counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Williams was additionally charged with two counts of aggravated battery.
Charges against the third suspect, a then-16-year-old juvenile, were not immediately known.
McHenry County Assistant State’s Attorney Brian Miller said Williams traveled with Ibrahim and the juvenile suspect to meet a male juvenile in Wonder Lake.
The meeting between the four was arranged and the victim intended to purchase cannabis from the suspects.
The juvenile victim met the suspects in a vehicle that was driven by Ibrahim, Miller said.
The suspects pulled out multiple firearms and pointed them at the victim, ordering him to hand over the money he brought for the deal.
Miller said Williams pointed a revolver at the juvenile victim’s head and moved it downward toward his torso while threatening to shoot him.
Williams then struck the juvenile with the gun and the victim turned over the cash, which was split among the three suspects, Miller said.
Detectives learned the group planned the incident in advance and intended to rob the victim.
Williams and Ibrahim were both initially ordered held on cash bonds but prosecutors later filed petitions to deny bond, which were granted.
Court records show Ibrahim pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery, a Class X felony, and the rest of his charges were dismissed.
Ibrahim was sentenced to 13 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) pursuant to the plea agreement, which was accepted Thursday by McHenry County Judge Mark Gerhardt.
The case against Williams remains active. He is set to appear for a trial conference on January 23.