Milwaukee Black Activist Khalil Coleman Found Guilty In Kentucky For Felony 1st-degree Robbery, Facing 10 To 20 Years In Prison

Coleman is facing 10 to 20 years in prison for 1st-degree robbery in Kentucky.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 9, 2022

Elsemere, Kentucky - On Friday, Khalil Coleman, 35, a well known Milwaukee Black activist who led numerous marches calling for Milwaukee Police accountabilty for police brutality in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and Justice for murdered George Floyd during last Summer and received a State of Wisconsin citation in July 2020 for community activism and social justice was convicted in Kentucky by a jury for one felony count of 1st-degree robbery. Coleman is facing between 10 to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced at a later date. He was taken into custody on Friday after his conviction and was booked at the Kenton County jail awaiting sentencing.

Coleman was booked in February 2021 at the Kenton County jail on charges for 2nd-degree robbery and 2nd-degree unlawful transaction with a minor. He was out on a $10,000 cash bail.

Also Coleman's second accomplice, Joshua James Clarey, 25, was convicted in April for 1st-degree robbery and is facing between 10 to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced at a later date. Clarey would not testify against Coleman, court records indicate.

Coleman's third accomplice, Johnny Hubbard, 18, a juvenile when the robbery occurred, was convicted in April as an adult for 1st-degree robbery after pleading guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Hubbard testified against Coleman for a plea deal, according to court records.

According to the criminal complaint, Clarey and a minor (Hubbard) were taken into custody shortly after a failed attempted armed robbery of a suspected drug house. The criminal complaint says, that Coleman and his two accomplices went to a drug house and attempted to rob it, but when the robbery failed, they then fled the scene in a vehicle. A snowplow blocked their get away and police managed to arrest the suspects after recovering a Glock handgun with a 50 bullet capacity drum magazine and drugs that included heroin and marijuana.