WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. – Two men stole thousands from a Brink’s truck driver loading money into an ATM, police said.
An affidavit states the driver making the delivery to the Chase Bank on Jan. 8 at the Hammock Landing shopping center told police she felt somebody behind her.
The driver said one man pulled a box cutter on her, and the other robbed her of $14,000.
“It was an armed robbery with a knife of the Brink’s truck,” a dispatcher told police over the radio.
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Police said one of the young robbers was Qua’Shaun McClinton, 22, from Orlando.
Police said they identified McClinton from cameras on the ATM and the Brink’s truck.
“Mr. McClinton, you are here on a charge of robbery with a deadly weapon, which is a felony punishable by life,” Judge Katie Jacobus told the suspect.
McClinton was booked in jail without bond, and on Thursday, Judge Jacobus decided to keep him in jail without bond.
“It is a robbery, and it’s a dangerous crime,” Assistant State Attorney Donald Loughran said. “The state thinks that no bond is appropriate.”
Police said they also tracked down McClinton by the car he was in.
Detectives said the car was rented from the website, Turo, 80 miles away from West Melbourne in Ocoee.
Police on Thursday did not say whether they’ve also caught the second suspect involved in the robbery.
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