An Atlanta man who was convicted of jumping his neighbor from behind and stealing his iPod has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Shareef Tawwab Hakim, 20, of Cobb County, must spend at least 12 years in jail with the rest of the sentence regulated to probation.
DA Vic Reynolds says Hakim ran up on his teenage victim while the victim was sitting outside of his apartment. According to investigators Hakim crept up from behind, put the boy in a headlock, and then pocketed his iPod.
"He is violent, and this is all a joke to him," Assistant DA Jaret Usher told Judge Robert D. Leonard II. "His demeanor demonstrates that."
During his trial, Hakim, who has been held without bond in the Cobb County jail since November, took the stand and admitted he took the iPod
Source: AJC
