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Armored Car Robbery Spree Spanned Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia: FBI Armored Car Robbery Spree Spanned Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia: FBI
Armored Car Robbery Spree Spanned Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia: FBI Three suspects in a violent armored truck robbery spree stretching from Pennsylvania to New York — and involving getaway cars traced to Virginia — have been arrested, the FBI announced following the latest capture of two suspects in October. FBI Philadelphia Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs said Dante Shackleford, 26, and Mujahid Davis, 24, have been charged by indictment in connection with three armored truck robberies or attempted robberies in July and August, as well as an attempted armored truck robbery in October in Philadelphia. “The swift arrests in this case are a testament t…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
AR-15 Pistol, Cash Stolen In Brazen Brinks Heist Outside Philly Area H-Mart: Police AR-15 Pistol, Cash Stolen In Brazen Brinks Heist Outside Philly Area H-Mart: Police
AR-15 Pistol, Cash Stolen In Brazen Brinks Heist Outside Philly Area H-Mart: Police Two gunmen escaped with a large amount of cash after robbing a Brinks armored car outside an H-Mart in Elkins Park, Cheltenham Township police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Officers were called to the store on the 7300 block of Old York Road at 10:28 a.m. for a reported robbery, according to police. two suspects approached the armored car, one carrying an AR-15-style pistol — initially mistaken by witnesses for an AK-47 — and the other armed with a handgun, investigators explained. The pair stole the driver’s handgun along with the cash, police said. The suspects fled in a black Acura TLX…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Guard Opens Fire During Attempted Brinks Truck Robbery — 3rd Heist In A Month: Philly PD Guard Opens Fire During Attempted Brinks Truck Robbery — 3rd Heist In A Month: Philly PD
Guard Opens Fire During Attempted Brinks Truck Robbery — 3rd Heist In A Month: Philly PD A Brinks security officer opened fire during a failed armored truck robbery in Northeast Philadelphia, authorities said on Tuesday, July 15. The attempted heist unfolded just before 11:30 a.m. on the 8200 block of Castor Avenue in the city’s Rhawnhurst neighborhood, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Two armed men approached the guard as he was making a delivery and announced a robbery. The guard fired at the suspects, who fled northbound on Castor Avenue in a Nissan, investigators said. Eight shell casings were recovered at the scene, but no injuries were reported. The suspe…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Cuomo Grants Clemency To Brinks Robbery Murder Convict, PBA Prez Says Ex-Gov 'Belongs In Jail' Cuomo Grants Clemency To Brinks Robbery Murder Convict, PBA Prez Says Ex-Gov 'Belongs In Jail'
Cuomo Grants Clemency To Brinks Robbery Murder Convict, PBA Prez Says Ex-Gov 'Belongs In Jail' With the 40th anniversary approaching of the cold-blooded killings of two police officers and a guard in a $1.6 million Brinks armored car robbery, the law enforcement community felt slapped in the face by now-former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Hours before leaving his office in disgrace, Cuomo commuted the 75 years-to-life sentence to the 40 years of time that self-proclaimed revolutionary David Gilbert has served for the Rockland County murders. The law enforcement community reeled from the news Tuesday. Cuomo resigned "because he sexually harassed multiple women," Rockland County PBA …

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by Jerry DeMarco