Hakeem Alexander Coles, 27, was convicted and sentenced to 40 years for the 2019 armed robbery of Cle Nightclub in Houston on top of a 17-year sentence for a Minnesota robbery.
nightclub where he worked as a security guard, has been sent to prison officials say.
On Friday, Coles was sentenced to 20 years for the robbery and also received another 20 years for the firearms charge which must be served consecutively with the other sentence imposed giving him a total 40-year prison term. It will run consecutively with a 17-year sentence he received in Minnesota for another robbery and assaulting a federal agent.This makes Coles's entire sentence a total of 57 years.
At trial, records state the jury heard from witnesses who described how Coles was hired as a security guard using someone else’s identity. They also heard from employees at the nightclub who described how robbed them at gunpoint and discharged his firearm toward them as he fled the scene. The jury also heard evidence of another robbery Coles had committed in Minneapolis three weeks prior to the Cle robbery reports say. In that case, he was working as a security guard at Cowboy Jacks Bar and Restaurant and robbed the employees during closed hours as well.
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