A 36-year-old Akron man has been sentenced in federal court to 18 years in prison on charges related to the robberies of three businesses in Akron and one restaurant in Cuyahoga Falls a year ago,
U.S. District Judge Charles Fleming sentenced Timothy Hyatt after he pleaded guilty to four counts of interference with commerce by means of robbery and two counts of using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, according to a news release Friday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio.
During the crime spree from December 2023 to January 2024, Hyatt threatened employees with a loaded firearm, and in one instance, shots were fired between Hyatt and an employee who had a gun, the news release states…