Inglewood man granted ‘compassionate release’ after armored car robberies is charged in another armored car robbery
In January 1995, Markham Bond, 60, was sentenced to 46 years and 10 months in prison. He was released in January 2022, and was arrested on Nov. 22 of this year.
LOS ANGELES — An Inglewood man — who last year was granted compassionate release after serving 26 years in federal prison for armed robberies of armed couriers — remains behind bars today after being indicted for allegedly robbing a Brinks courier at gunpoint in a Westchester bank parking lot.
Markham Bond, 60, was charged Tuesday in a three-count indictment with interference with commerce by robbery, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Bond’s arraignment is scheduled for Monday in Los Angeles federal court.
According to the indictment, Bond stole nearly $145,000 in cash from a Brinks armored carrier outside a bank branch in the Westchester neighborhood on Aug. 18. Prosecutors said the vehicle was parked in the bank parking lot, and one of the couriers got out with a blue duffel bag on a rolling cart that contained the cash. Bond allegedly approached the driver, pointed a handgun at him and said, “I got you, bro” and “Don’t try nothing.”
The courier dropped the bag, and Bond allegedly ordered him to get on the ground, after which he grabbed the bag and left, according to court documents.
On Aug. 27, police spotted the suspect’s car — a Chevrolet Tahoe with distinctive rims and damage to a rear window. While searching the vehicle, police seized a blue Brinks duffel bag and a black baseball cap with a Raiders NFL logo that was seen on surveillance footage of the robbery, federal prosecutors said.
Bond was arrested Nov. 22, and police seized at his residence a .40-caliber pistol containing 10 rounds of ammunition, a maroon-colored long-sleeve shirt similar in appearance to one used in the Aug. 18 robbery, and crumpled cash totaling $9,005 that was located inside multiple plastic bags hidden inside a mini-refrigerator, the indictment alleges.
Bond has multiple felony convictions dating from 1985 and 1995 for Hobbs Act robbery, armed bank robbery, and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, among other crimes, prosecutors said. As a felon, Bond is not permitted to possess firearms or ammunition.
In January 1995, Bond was sentenced to 46 years and 10 months in prison after being convicted of bank robbery and firearms offenses, but in January 2022 he was granted a compassionate release. He was on supervised release for his 1995 conviction when he allegedly robbed the Brinks employee at gunpoint on Aug. 18.
A federal magistrate judge ordered him jailed without bond.
If convicted of all charges, Bond will face a sentence of up to life in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.