Second cousin sentenced for armed robbery at Lisle Verizon store

The Brief

  • Ezekiel Thompson was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery with a firearm.
  • Prosecutors said he and his cousin robbed a Lisle Verizon store at gunpoint in February 2020.
  • His cousin, Aaron Thompson, was previously sentenced to 22 years in prison.

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. A 30-year-old Aurora man will spend the next three decades in prison for his role in a 2020 armed robbery at a Lisle Verizon store, prosecutors said.

What we know:

A judge sentenced Ezekiel Thompson to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery with a firearm, a Class X felony.

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