Akeem Lahens, Armed Robbery, Massachusetts 2023

Akeem Lahens, 34, was sentenced to 77 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for robbing four businesses in Boston.

The armed robberies occurred in late April and early May 2023, at Metro PCS in Roxbury, Boost Mobile in Jamaica Plain, Cricket Wireless in Jamaica Plain, and Dunkin Donuts in Dorchester. In each of the robberies, Lahens brandished two large knives and made a verbal demand for money, forcibly taking cash from the store and forcing or attempting to force the victims into a rear room or bathroom.

Lahens was arrested on May 5, 2023, on state charges related to the armed robberies. During a search of his residence in Dorchester on May 6, 2023, two knives and sandals worn by the robber in the April 26 robbery were recovered.

At the time of the armed robberies, Lahens was on federal supervised release for a 2021 conviction in the Southern District of New York of five counts of robbery, for which he was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Lahens pleaded guilty to four counts of affecting commerce by armed robbery in April 2024. He was ordered to pay $1,998 in restitution to the four businesses he robbed.

Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy, Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox, and Michael A. Davis, Vice President Campus Safety and Chief of Police at Northeastern University, made the announcement.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David G. Tobin of the Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.

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