By Michael V. Cusenza
City gumshoes on Wednesday were still seemingly stumped by a pair of masked gunmen who swiped $540,000 from an armored Brink’s truck on Monday in St. Albans.
NYPD bank robbery investigators said that the daring heist took place around 8:50 a.m. near the Bank of America branch at Linden Boulevard and 205th Street. The two ski-mask clad suspects held up two Brink’s employees, stealing a gun from a guard. The pair then pilfered over a half-million dollars from the back of the truck and loaded the haul into a black car before burning rubber down Linden Boulevard. No one was hurt, according to investigators.
The Brink’s truck drivers were about to make a drop-off at the Bank of America before the robbery, according to CBS News New York sources.
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The Brink’s Company is a leading global provider of cash and valuables management, digital retail solutions, and ATM managed services.
As of Wednesday afternoon, NYPD brass was unusually tight-lipped about the incident, not even publically acknowledging the brazen, lucrative robbery.
The Brink’s Company is a leading global provider of cash and valuables management, digital retail solutions, and ATM managed services. Its customers include financial institutions, retailers, government agencies, mints, jewelers and other commercial operations. Its network of operations in 51 countries serves customers in more than 100 countries.
Perhaps the most audacious Brink’s robbery occurred in January 1950 when 11 men made off with over $2 million in cash, checks, and securities from an armored car depot in Boston. They were captured six years later.
