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In keeping with the Justice Division, on Thursday, Markham David Bond, 61, of Inglewood was discovered responsible of robbing a Brinks courier at gunpoint outdoors a Los Angeles financial institution in August 2023.

A jury discovered him responsible of prices of 1 rely of interference with commerce by theft (Hobbs Act), one rely of utilizing a firearm throughout against the law of violence, and one rely of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

“After being given a second probability in life, this defendant sadly selected a path of violent crime,” United States Legal professional Martin Estrada mentioned, per the DOJ’s press launch. “By way of our robust partnerships with federal and native regulation enforcement, we’ll proceed to make use of our assets to guard our neighborhood by holding accountable violent offenders who use weapons.”

On August 18, 2023, Bond allegedly “stole roughly $145,000 in money from a Brinks armored service” within the car parking zone of a Chase financial institution close to Los Angeles Airport (LAX) in Westchester, in line with the Justice Division.

On the time, per the DOJ, a Brinks worker obtained out of the armored car with a “blue duffle bag” that contained the cash, which was on a rolling cart.

“Bond approached the motive force, pointed a handgun at him, and demanded the cash,” the Justice Division’s launch mentioned. “Fearing for his life, the Brinks worker dropped the duffle bag. Bond then ordered the sufferer to get down on the bottom. After the sufferer complied with this order, Bond grabbed the blue Brinks duffle bag then fled the realm.”

Bond was finally arrested months later in November 2023, and has been detained since. Throughout his arrest, police seized a “40-caliber pistol containing 10 rounds of ammunition” from his house, together with $9,005 money present in a fridge, the maroon shirt he was sporting throughout the theft, and the “theft getaway automotive” parked close by, in line with the Justice Division.

In August, authorities found different proof linking Bond to the theft when looking his automotive, together with the blue Brinks duffle bag, which was empty, and the black Raiders hat he wore on the time, the DOJ mentioned.

Bond was perviously was convicted of financial institution theft and firearms offenses in January 1995. In January 2022, nonetheless, he was granted “compassionate launch” from jail after serving 26 years — slightly over half of his 562-month sentence (46 years and 10 months).

Bond was on supervised launch earlier than robbing the Brinks worker outdoors the Chase financial institution in August 2023.

In keeping with the Justice Division, Bond’s sentencing listening to is scheduled for July 11, 2025. He faces a most sentence of life in jail.

The DOJ mentioned Bond had “a number of felony convictions relationship from the Eighties and Nineties,” together with Hobbs Act theft, armed financial institution theft, use of a firearm in furtherance of against the law of violence, and conspiracy to own with intent to distribute heroin, per the DOJ.

In keeping with the Justice Division, the Hobbs Act “prohibits precise or tried theft or extortion affecting interstate or international commerce.” It additionally prohibits extortion, conspiracy to commit theft or extortion, and violence for the aim of committing theft of extortion.