The driver had stepped out of the Brinks truck to make a cash delivery at a Taco Bell when he saw the gun. The man holding the AR-15 wore a white painter suit. He fumbled for the driver's keys and handed them to a similarly dressed accomplice, who climbed inside the armored car. A minute ticked by. The driver stared down the muzzle of the rifle. Then a shout from the truck: 'Hey, let's go!' Police found the getaway car abandoned half a mile away.
Hobson has pleaded not guilty and is set to stand trial in September. But even as the half-brothers sat in a federal detention center, the heists continued. The morning of June 10, 2023, a Brinks armored car pulled into the parking lot of a 7-Eleven at the intersection of Florence Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard. One of the drivers stayed in the truck while the other went inside to make a pickup.