Man Sentenced In Downtown Hinsdale Armed Robbery

HINSDALE, IL – A former Schaumburg man was sentenced Friday to 26 years in prison for armed robberies in Hinsdale and Wheaton, prosecutors said.

Shortly before 8 p.m. June 16, 2022, Stephon Little, 31, armed with a pistol, entered the Verizon Wireless store at 34 E. First St. in Hinsdale, according to a news release from the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office.

Wearing a black ski mask, Little ordered the clerk at gunpoint to fill a bag with 60 Apple products, including iPhones, iPads and watches.

Little told the clerk to go to a bathroom and wait five minutes before leaving, police said. After Little left, the employee called Hinsdale police.

With the help of a state police plane, authorities tracked Little to Ford Heights, where Little was arrested without any problems, authorities said.

With a search warrant of Little's car, officers found a .45-caliber handgun with one bullet in the chamber, according to the news release.

On Nov. 18, 2019, Little took part in the robbery of the Sprint store at 212 Danada Square West in Wheaton. He and 25-year-old Denzel Furance, 25, formerly of Calumet City, arrived at the store shortly before 8 p.m., police said.

A ski mask-wearing Furance entered the store armed with a semiautomatic gun given to him by Little, police said.

Furance ordered two workers at gunpoint to a back storage room, where a third employee already was, along with store products and a safe, prosecutors said.

Furance ordered one of the employees to bind the wrists and ankles of the two other workers with duct tape. Furance then did so for the third employee.

He ordered the employees to open the safe containing electronic devices. Once the safe was open, Furance placed more than 100 items from the store worth $120,000 into garbage bags, police said.

Furance then covered the mouths and eyes of the three workers with duct tape before leaving, police said.

Little, who has since changed his name to Isa Al Ahad, committed the Hinsdale armed robbery after being released from jail.

On Feb. 28, Little pleaded guilty to two counts of armed robbery with a firearm. He has been in jail since the Hinsdale robbery.

Earlier that same month, Furance was sentenced to 23 years after pleading guilty to one count of armed robbery with a firearm.