The FBI can’t seem to locate the Chesapeake Bandits, who have gotten the art of robbing armored cars down to a science. That seems a little strange, considering how the crew got their moniker. ABC reports that the reason they’re called that “is because investigators believe they plan their heists at a home on Chesapeake Avenue in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles.” Shouldn’t that make them pretty easy to find? They must be registered democrats.
Bandits on the loose
Six of the seven suspected “Chesapeake Bandits” remain on the loose, with around $500,000 in cash to help them avoid detection. Unless you’re a conservative parent or vocal about refusing a COVID shot, the FBI can’t seem to bring anyone to justice.
They’ve been “robbing Brinks armored vehicles from February of last year through February of this year.” They split their half-million dollar take seven ways. $714K is a pretty good tax-free income for a few days of hard and dangerous work.
The string of daring daylight robberies happened in South Los Angeles, Hawthorne and Inglewood. To pick their armored car targets, the bandits have “targeted ATMs and other businesses, including check cashing locations.”
A group of heavily armed robbers dubbed the “Chesapeake Bandits” is behind a series of heists targeting armored cars across the Los Angeles region. Authorities recently apprehended one of the ring leaders, but at least six other suspects remain at large. https://t.co/GBolFiACx3
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 3, 2023
Their usual method involves “overtaking the armored car driver while they service drive-thru ATMs or exit businesses.” The FBI doesn’t know a whole lot.
According to Donald Alway, an assistant director at the bureau, the “victim drivers have been zip tied and detained as they are held at gunpoint while being robbed.” They managed to nab one of the bandits.
They have 36-year-old Deneyvous Hopson in custody and officially charged with a total of five armed robberies. They’re still searching for his half-brother James Russell Davis, along with the others.
Casing the victims
The FBI relates that the bandits pulled their first heist on Valentines Day last year in Hawthorne. Since then, they did it again in Inglewood before pulling three more in South Los Angeles.
Federal attorney Martin Estrada notes, “in some of the instances, defendants Hopson and his half brother Davis were observed casing the victims weeks in advance of the robberies.”
Because the FBI is too busy trying to frame Donald Trump and shield the Biden family from having their criminal enterprise exposed, they decided to pay amateurs to do their job for them.
Can you id the Chesapeake Bandits seen in these photos which were taken as the suspects robbed armored vehicles in #SouthLA, #Hawthorne & #Inglewood & where drivers were ziptied & held at gunpoint? Have a tip? Claim a #reward at 800CALLFBI. #FugitiveFriday https://t.co/okxiOA8WJ8 pic.twitter.com/Fh36SnSm25
— FBI Los Angeles (@FBILosAngeles) March 4, 2023
“The FBI and Brinks have put up a combined $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrests of the six men still on the loose.” If you happen to know any of the bandits and have a grudge against them, call it in for a 10 percent split.
The bureau wants to make it clear that they have a website for tips on armored car bandits which you are urged to visit. They don’t want any vigilantes trying to play hero. They warn explicitly that “people should not approach the suspects.”
They are “considered armed and extremely dangerous.” Just drop in to their website and cash in with your legitimate tip.
