A fugitive suspected of being a ringleader of a prolific L.A. armored car robbery crew was captured by the FBI on Wednesday evening.
involved in the heists, was taken into custody in Rancho Cucamonga less than a week after law enforcement officials publicized their search for him, said Donald Alway, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office. Authorities disseminated his image and characterized him as a mastermind behind a yearlong series of carefully planned armored car heists carried out with assault-style rifles.
The bandits would force security guards to the ground at gunpoint, zip-tie them, and grab the bags of money before fleeing.In announcing a reward of $25,000 for information leading to arrests of any of the suspects last week, LAPD Chief Michel Moore said detectives investigating the armored car robberies had found connections among the crimes, which were committed at various banks last year in Hawthorne, Inglewood and Los Angeles.
A bank employee noticed the men and called police. A police officer questioned the two, who provided identification with the same Chesapeake Avenue address, according to an affidavit filed with the complaint.
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