Man Given ‘Compassionate Launch’ After 26 Years in Jail Turns Round and Commits Similar Crime

In line 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 costs of 1 depend of interference with commerce by theft (Hobbs Act), one depend of utilizing a firearm throughout against the law of violence, and one depend of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

“After being given a second likelihood 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 our robust partnerships with federal and native legislation 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 provider” within the parking zone of a Chase financial institution close to Los Angeles Airport (LAX) in Westchester, in keeping with the Justice Division.

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

“Bond approached the driving 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 dwelling, together with $9,005 money present in a fridge, the maroon shirt he was carrying through the theft, and the “theft getaway automotive” parked close by, in keeping 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 — somewhat 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 line 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 Nineteen 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 line with the Justice Division, the Hobbs Act “prohibits precise or tried theft or extortion affecting interstate or overseas commerce.” It additionally prohibits extortion, conspiracy to commit theft or extortion, and violence for the aim of committing theft of extortion.