Man Who Struck Victim In Head With Gun At Glenview Motel Sentenced

CHICAGO – A man accused of striking another man in the head with a gun at a Glenview motel in 2024 has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison on a separate firearm conviction, authorities announced.

Dirk Hugo, 49, of Arlington Heights, received the statutory maximum sentence May 12 after a federal jury last year convicted him of illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois.

Federal authorities said Hugo was arrested May 1, 2024, in a parking garage in Arlington Heights while allegedly carrying a loaded handgun in his waistband and wearing a bulletproof vest.

The arrest came weeks after Hugo allegedly assaulted a man at a Motel 6 in Glenview by striking him in the head with a gun, according to police. Patch previously reported on the April 2024 incident.

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Authorities said Hugo had multiple prior felony firearm convictions and was legally prohibited from possessing a gun.

Hugo has remained in custody since his arrest, officials said.

In announcing the sentence, federal prosecutors described Hugo as a continuing danger to the community.

“As defendant’s criminal record makes clear, he absolutely refuses to give up his firearms despite decades of being told that he cannot possess a gun,” Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stephanie C. Stern and Simar Khera wrote in a sentencing memorandum.