An alleged modern Bonnie and Clyde were accused of conducting a two-week armed robbery frenzy in Los Angeles and Orange County, destroyed on Valentine’s Day, briefly in Las Vegas, authorities said Get married in Las Vegas.
North Hollywood Couples – Antonio Lamar Bland, 36, and Abigail Luckey, 49, robbed between January 29 and February 14 12 stores, charged in federal grand jury indictment. .
Long Beach’s third accomplice, Ronnie Tucker, 23, was also charged with indictment and accused of participating in the same robbery.
The three collectively targeted nine 7-11 stores in North Hollywood, Burbank, Torrance, Van Nuiss, Long Beach, Glendale and Pasadena; two sweet shops in Los Angeles and Downey; Circle shop; according to criminal proceedings, a tobacco shop in Tustin.
According to criminal proceedings, robbery follows a predictable pattern.
They all happen after dark, first at 10:35 pm, and the latest time is 3:43 AM
Bland and Tucker usually wear hooded sweatshirts and masks and wield guns, the complaint says. In many robberies, they allegedly took store employees with guns and asked them to pour the contents of the cash register into a bag. According to compliance, they also stole wallets and phone calls from store employees and bystanders.
Meanwhile, Luckey was accused of working as a vacation driver, waiting to drive the men away once the robbery is completed.
On the eight-day crime craze, Bland and Luckey got married on February 6. and a night in Long Beach.
Authorities say the criminal lovebirds saw their robbery end on Valentine’s Day when they were arrested by Burbank police detectives after robbing the Donnie Donut Shop.
Burbank police have begun investigating a series of robberies in Los Angeles and Orange County, believed to be a February 2 trio, according to the complaint. On February 13, detectives installed a GPS tracking device on Luckey’s Chevrolet Cruze, which authorities said was used as an escape vehicle.
According to the criminal lawsuit, at around 1:14 a.m. on February 14, Detective Burbank observed Chevrolet Cruz Park in Downey Alley, where two men walked into nearby American donuts.
The Justice Department described the so-called incident:
One of the men shouted, “Open the cash register!” at the employee. The employee noticed a man considered to be plain looks like a pistol, stuffed to his front waist, with the handle visible.
The employee then ran to the kitchen to retrieve his gun. These people chased the counter. To stop them from attacking him, the employee fired a shot and hit the walls of the building. The suspect ran out of the building and jumped into the Chevrolet Cruze.
Burbank police then parked the car and found Brand, Tucker and Lukey as well as the guns inside.
“Burbank Police Investigators spent hundreds of hours investigating the series of robberies,” Burbank Police Chief Michael Albanese said in a statement. The Bureau thanks our law enforcement partners and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for assistance to keep these people accountable for their actions. Therefore, our community is safer.”
Brand, Tucker and Lukey are charged with three counts of robbery, one count of attempted robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery and one count of robbery and interfering in business, according to the indictment. The men were also charged with four counts of wielding a gun in order to promote violent crimes.
Additionally, the brand is charged with a felony who owns a firearm, and one for a felony who owns ammunition. He was not allowed to possess a firearm or ammunition due to his previous felony conviction for drug possession in jail in the Los Angeles Superior Court for hijacking and possession of drugs.
If charged with being charged, Brand, Tucker and Lugen will face a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for each robbery. Bland and Tucker will also be sentenced to a minimum of seven years in federal prison for each charge of wielding a gun. Finally, Bland will also face up to 15 years in federal prison, as each of the charges are felonys who own a gun and who owns ammunition.
“Any time someone brings a gun to a place where it robs it, the victim will be traumatized and may be tragic consequences. ” “If convicted, these people will face a lot of imprisonment.”
Prosecutors said the three have been under federal custody since last year and will be filed in the U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles in the coming weeks.
