A man accused of committing a string of armed robberies on the North Side over two days while on electronic monitoring for a pending gun case has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
In each case, victims told police a man pulled up in a dark-colored SUV and robbed them at gunpoint on the street.
Between 11:23 p.m. and 11:55 p.m. on August 28, 2023, Safaeldin Daheya allegedly robbed a 23-year-old man in the 6200 block of North Talman, a 19-year-old man in the 6300 block of North Rockwell, and a 44-year-old man in the 6300 block of North California, according to a CPD press release.
The next day, he is accused of robbing a 37-year-old man in the 6300 block of North Campbell at 12:05 a.m. and a 23-year-old man in the 6400 block of North Washtenaw at 11:09 p.m.
State troopers spotted a stolen SUV that police linked to the robberies after the final holdup and chased it. They caught Daheya in the 3900 block of North Neva about 30 minutes later.
Daheya resolved all of those cases by pleading guilty to two counts of armed robbery. Prosecutors dropped the other robbery charges. Judge Angela Munari-Petrone sentenced him to concurrent 20-year terms.
She also sentenced him to a concurrent 15-year term in a separate case involving charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing a stolen motor vehicle, and aggravated fleeing. Prosecutors dropped an escape-from-electronic-monitoring charge.
Daheya must serve half of his 20-year sentence. With good behavior, he will be released on August 19, 2033.
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