CHICAGO – A man has received an 18-year prison sentence for robbing seven North Side businesses last year while on parole for an 18-year prison sentence he received for six robberies in 2014.
Williamomo Peray, 45, will be eligible for parole again in June 2032 after serving half of his new sentence. Two different judges were involved in his sentencing.
Peray pleaded guilty to four robberies before Judge Anjana Hansen, who handed him an 18-year prison sentence for each charge.
Those robberies, committed in September 2023, occurred at the Dunkin’ in the 5700 block of Northern California; Kimberli Sushi & Thai, 2547 West Lawrence; The Green Post, 4749 North Rockwell; and a store in the 6200 block of North Western.
Prosecutors said a woman was closing the sushi restaurant when a robber entered and demanded money from the register. The perpetrator, who was not carrying a weapon, fled on foot.
Within minutes of the robbery, a man entered The Green Post while a 33-year-old male employee was closing up the bar. The robber walked to the counter and demanded money from the cash register. He did not display a weapon and fled on foot, CPD said.
Peray pleaded guilty to four robberies before Judge Peggy Chiampas, who sentenced him to a concurrent eight-year prison term.
Those robberies, which occurred between August 27 and September 8 of last year, occurred in the 4700 block of North Lincoln, the 3600 block of North Western and the 3800 block of North Kedzie.
Chicago police determined that the person who robbed the Dunkin’ walked to a strip of Lincoln Avenue motels frequented by transients, according to a CPD report. They showed surveillance images of the robber to motel employees, and one of them identified Peray, the report said.
Video from the Summit Motel allegedly showed Peray leaving the property before the robbery and returning after the robbery wearing the same clothing as the robber.
Peray was on parole at the time of the robberies. Records show he received six consecutive 18-year prison sentences in 2014 for robbing convenience stores, a restaurant and other businesses between November 2013 and January 2014.
During those robberies, he was on parole from a seven-year prison sentence he had received for robbing a Logan Square dry cleaners in 2010. At the time of the Logan Square robbery, he was on parole from an eight-year prison sentence he had been serving for aggravated unlawful conduct. use of a weapon in 2005. And at the time of the aggravated unlawful use of a gun case, he was on parole for a 2004 burglary.
He was placed on probation for two other burglaries in 2000.
