Queens NY April 14 2019 Two members of a Queens motorcycle club pleaded guilty Friday in connection with the theft of $510,000 from an armored car that was left unlocked outside a Valley Stream bank, according to officials. Both Alexis Laguerra, 30, of Brooklyn, and Raymond Soto Sr., 48, of Richmond Hill, Queens, pleaded guilty to […]
PROVIDENCE RI April 2 2019 — A Providence nightclub that escaped a brush with closure a few months ago has again been temporarily shut down after gunshots were fired outside, striking the coat of a security officer but missing the man himself. Lovera VIP, at 1266 Broad St., was ordered closed on Sunday for 72 hours […]
HOUSTON TX April 1 2019 Prosecutors say four Houston men face up to life in federal prison for their roles in the 2016 slaying of an armored car guard during an ATM robbery. Jurors on Friday convicted Nelson Alexander Polk, Marc Anthony Hill, John Edward Scott and Bennie Charles Phillips Jr. All were convicted of attempted […]
HOUSTON TX March 30 2019 He’s been dead for two years, but the suspected mastermind – a meticulously clean, aspiring real estate developer who police say shot and killed two armored-car guards with a sniper rifle – loomed large over a robbery trial that wrapped up Thursday in Houston federal court. Counsel for four men charged […]
HAMMOND IN March 24 2019 — “Bingo,” a would-be robber told his accomplice as a Brinks armored truck pulled into their view in Merrillville Monday, federal authorities allege. Traveling in a black Jeep Cherokee, the suspects began following the Brinks truck to various stops, with the ultimate plan of robbing it, federal prosecutors allege. But the […]
CHARLOTTE, NC March 24 2019 Drivers along Interstate 485 in Charlotte saw something that you just don’t see every day. An armored truck, down an embankment and laying in a creek surrounded by emergency workers and law enforcement. Traffic along Oakdale Road near Interstate 485 was snarled Wednesday morning after the armored truck ran off […]
New Orleans LA March 23 2019 A New Orleans armored truck security officer was gunned down during a robbery attempt in 2015 and now the father and son behind the horrific crime have been sentenced to life in prison. Judge Ivan Lemelle sentenced 25-year-old Jerome Kieffer and his father, 54-year-old Armstead Kieffer, to life […]
NORFOLK, Va. March 22 2019- The Norfolk Police Department has confirmed that Tuesday’s Brink’s armored truck robbery was an inside job that involved an employee who claimed he was the victim. According to Norfolk officials, 26-year-old Joshua Mercado of Chesapeake – who was the Brink’s employee – has been charged with grand larceny, conspiracy to commit […]
NORFOLK, Va. March 21 2019 – The Norfolk Police Department is searching for a man who they say robbed a Brink’s armored truck at gunpoint Tuesday morning. The call for the incident came in around 11 a.m. The robbery took place behind the Soaps-N-Suds laundromat in the 7600 block of Granby Street. The robber was armed […]
HOUSTON TX March 17 2019 – One man was injured following a robbery-turned-shooting at a Senor 1% Check Cashing store in southwest Houston, Houston Police Bank Robbery Task Force said. The shooting was reported just before 1 p.m. at 6101 Glenmont Drive, a strip shopping mall in southwest Houston. Police said an armored car driver was […]