Illinois man sentenced to 16 years in prison for kidnapping mall security officer and robbery of phone stores
Kane County IL May 15 2021
A Dundee man who faced up to 30 years in prison for kidnapping a security guard and robbing phone stores in 2016 at a north suburban mall has been sentenced to prison this week.
Cesar Natali-Rodriguez, 26, was found guilty of armed robbery, kidnapping, armed violence, theft and unlawful restraint, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s office announced Friday.
We will spend at least sixteen years in a state prison.
Natali-Rodriguez and his accomplice waited for a security guard on Nov. 1, 2016, inside Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee then bound his hands with zip ties and covered his eyes with sunglasses which had duct tape over the lenses, the state’s attorney’s office said.
The two asked the guard for information on the mall security videos and broke into the Cricket Wireless store and the T-Mobile kiosk, taking more than $10,000 worth of cellphones, the state’s attorney’s office said.
After robbing the stores, Natali-Rodriguez and his accomplice took the guard to a secluded part of the mall which was under construction, and left him handcuffed to a drainpipe, the state’s attorney’s office said.
DNA evidence found on the zip ties and sunglasses matched to Natali-Rodriguez, according to the state’s attorney’s office.
Natali-Rodriguez’s will begin serving his sentence immediately.
