Armed Suspects Rob Armored Truck Outside Chase Bank; Long Beach, CA

Two Teens Arrested in Connection to Violent Armored Car Robberies; Houston, Texas

Two 17-year-olds have been arrested and charged with aggravated robbery and organized crime. Authorities believe that they were involved in a December 20, 2024, attack on an armored truck outside of a grocery store. Officials with FBI Houston dubbed the suspects in that attack the ‘Scrooge Sprayers’ because they sprayed the truck courier in the face with an unknown substance to debilitate him during the attack. Both suspects are also connected to a January 23 bank heist in West Houston which led to their arrests.

Three Suspects Rob Armored Truck on Valentine’s Day; Memphis, TN

The robbery was captured on the guard’s body-worn camera which shows three masked suspects armed with assault-style rifles ambush the guard during service of a bank ATM. The suspects pulled cash cassettes from the open ATM before fleeing the scene.

Florida Man Who Robbed Armored Truck Sentenced to 11+ Years; Ellenton, Florida

A 20-year-old Clearwater resident, Jorge Serrano Espinoza, has been sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison for his role in a brazen armored truck robbery. Espinoza and two accomplices targeted an armored truck on June 9, 2023, held the driver at gunpoint, and stole $150,000. His accomplices were previously sentenced to terms of 9 and 10 years.