At least six suspects at large in theft of armored cars in L.A. area, FBI and LAPD say
LA TimesA suspect, seen in CCTV footage, is one of several wanted in connection with armored car robberies between February 2022 and February 2023. A group of heavily armed robbers dubbed the “Chesapeake Bandits” is behind a series of heists targeting armored cars across the Los Angeles region, and authorities recently apprehended one of the alleged ringleaders, the FBI and local police announced Thursday. Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said detectives investigating the armored car robberies found connections between the crimes committed at various banks last year in Hawthorne, Inglewood and Los Angeles. Moore said the LAPD’S Robbery Homicide Division worked with investigators from other agencies to “knit together” the identity of some of those behind the heists, which were committed in daylight. A vehicle matching Davis’ Tahoe was “seen leading a getaway car within 30 minutes of the robbery on a nearby Ring camera.” According to court records, Hobson has previous convictions for robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, while Davis has a conviction for receiving stolen property and possessing burglary tools.
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