A Joliet man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting and killing an Aurora man during a 2014 drug deal that turned into an armed robbery and murder.

Dimitri J. Green-Hosey, 21, of the 1200 block of Fairchild Avenue, Joliet, was sentenced Nov. 4 by Circuit Judge Donald M. Tegeler, Jr. to 105 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Dimitri J. Green-Hosey (CREDIT: Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office Facebook page)

Green-Hosey was convicted Aug. 31, 2016, by a Kane County jury of first-degree murder and armed robbery in the January 2014 killing of 20-year-old Arin Williams of Aurora. In addition the jury found that Green-Hosey personally fired the gun in the commission of the crime.

Kane County prosecutors presented evidence that at about 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13, 2014, Green-Hosey and his brother, co-defendant Jaquan Green-Hosey, met with Williams at a business in the 800 block of North Lake Street, Aurora. The brothers had arranged to buy an ounce of marijuana from Williams but instead decided to rob Williams of the drugs. At one point during the meeting Jaquan grabbed the marijuana and began to run. Dimitri then shot Williams in the back of the head, killing him.

The brothers fled to the east and threw the gun into the Fox River.

The sentence is 35 years plus a mandatory 25-year enhancement because Green-Hosey used a gun to commit the murder, plus 20 years for the armed robbery with a mandatory 25-year enhancement because of the use of the gun for a total
of 105 years.

According to Illinois law, Green-Hosey must serve the full sentence for first-degree murder. He then must serve at least 85 percent of the armed robbery sentence. He receives credit for 1,024 days served in the Kane County jail, where he has been held since his arrest.

Jaquan Green-Hosey 22, of the same address, pleaded guilty Feb. 26, 2016, to first-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

“These young men killed someone because they didn’t want to pay for an ounce of marijuana. They engaged in remarkable violence and ultimately put three young lives to waste over something quite insignificant. This sentence reflects the incredible dangers of drugs and guns in our community,” Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said.

The case was prosecuted by Kane County Assistant State’s Attorneys Mark D. Stajdohar and M. Lark Cowart.

SOURCE: Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office news release. To follow news releases directly from the SAO, visit the State’s Attorney’s website and Facebook page.