{"id":108854,"date":"2025-08-01T00:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/108854\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T00:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:09:14","slug":"chicago-man-sentenced-to-11-years-for-armed-robberies-of-taxi-rideshare-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/108854\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago man sentenced to 11 years for armed robberies of taxi, rideshare drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; A Chicago man was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after robbing two taxi drivers and a rideshare driver at gunpoint on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Anthony Reed, 28, of Chicago, was arrested in 2022 and pleaded guilty to three counts of robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">In early February 2022, Reed threatened to kill the driver if they didn&#8217;t hand over their money and belongings, prosecutors allege.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">During one of the incidents, Reed allegedly used the butt on his gun to hit the driver in the head.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The reported incidents include:<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Feb. 4, 2022: Reed stole a tablet and cell phone from a Flash Cab taxi driver.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Feb. 5, 2022: Reed stole $120 in cash, a tablet, and cell phone from a Flash Cab taxi driver.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Feb. 8, 2022: Reed stole a wallet containing $200 to $400 in cash, as well as a cell phone and jacket from an Uber driver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">&#8220;Over the course of only four days, defendant robbed three victims at gunpoint while the victims were doing their job,&#8221; Assistant U.S. Attorneys Margaret A. Steindorf and Paul Schied argued. &#8220;A significant sentence is warranted to protect the public from defendant\u2019s criminal appetite and deter defendant from committing future violent acts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Details for this story were provided by the Northern District of Illinois U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; A Chicago man was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after robbing two taxi drivers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":108855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,6082,5386,1818,50,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-108854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cook-county","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-illinois","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114950607537056396","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}