United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging HAKEEM ALEXANDER COLES, 25, with assault of a person assisting federal law enforcement officers.1] COLES, who remains in custody, will make his initial appearance and be arraigned before a Magistrate Judge in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota at a later date.
According to the allegations in the indictment, on Jan. 27, 2020, COLES physically assaulted a Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Officer at the jail. At the time of the assault, COLES was in the United States Marshal’s custody at the Sherburne County Jail awaiting trial on charges stemming from an armed robbery of the Cowboy Jacks Bar and Grill in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Aug. 17, 2019.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the FBI, the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office, and the United States Marshal’s Service.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Bejar is prosecuting the case.
Defendant Information:
HAKEEM ALEXANDER COLES, 25
Charges:
* Assault of a person assisting federal law enforcement officers, 1 count
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
