Brickstone robber gets 25 years

A Kankakee man who robbed the Brickstone Brewery and restaurant in Bourbonnais last September was handed a 25 year prison term.  33=year-old Michael Cobbs was sentenced in federal court in Springfield Friday. 

He robbed the business at gunpoint. tying up employees and fleeing with $28-hundred dollars.  He was found and arrested within an hour hiding in a garbage dumpster.

Cobbs was charged with attempted obstruction of commerce by robbery.  He was also charged with using aweapon during a robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

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