Man sentenced to jail for Arlington Hts. standoff
Jason Jakob, who police say fired 40 to 50 rounds off inside his Arlington Heights home more than a year ago, pleaded guilty to three felonies and was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday.
In the March 2009 incident, nearly 80 police officers surrounded Jakob's home in the 900 block of North Harvard Avenue for seven hours.
In the aftermath, Jakob was released on bond but was ordered to surrender his weapons and his Firearm Owners Identification Card.
At the time, authorities recovered 27 high-powered rifles and 19 handguns and thousands of rounds of ammunition, all registered.
In a written statement to police, Jakob admitted firing a Glock .40-caliber handgun and a 9 mm handgun inside his home. He also admitted drinking alcohol, reports said.
Jakob had been free on bond on several gun felony charges following the incident. However, in December, Jakob was accused of violating conditions of his bond on those charges, and his bond was increased. Then he was arrested April 7, 2010 on another bond violation for having ammunition in his possession. Since the third arrest, Jakob was held without bail.
On Monday, he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, reckless discharge of a firearm and possession of a firearm without a valid Firearm Owners Identification card. All other charges stemming from the three arrests were dropped.
According to Monday's plea agreement, Jakob won't get back any of the guns or ammunition that was seized back in 2009. It will all go to the Arlington Heights Police Department for training or it will be destroyed, said Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Mike Andre.
Before Judge Thomas Fecarotta handed down Jakob's sentence Jakob asked the judge to be released for "five or seven days" to get his affairs in order.
"My mother will be in charge of my finances and I have a house on the market," Jakob said. "I need to see some family members and sit down with them and talk about things that can't be communicated over the phone. I wasn't expecting to go away ... today."
Fecarotta denied the request.