A July sentencing hearing is set for an Inglewood man who was found guilty of robbing a Brinks courier at gunpoint after serving 26 years behind bars for previous heists of armed couriers.
Markham David Bond, 61, was found guilty Thursday of one count of interference with commerce by robbery — known as a Hobbs Act crime — one count of using a firearm during a crime of violence, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“After being given a second chance in life, this defendant sadly chose a path of violent crime,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement.
According to evidence presented at a five-day trial, Bond stole about $145,000 in cash from a Brinks armored carrier outside a Chase bank near Los Angeles International Airport on Aug. 18, 2023.
Bond has multiple felony convictions dating from the 1980s and 1990s, including for Hobbs Act robbery, armed bank robbery, use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, court records show.
In January 1995, Bond was sentenced to almost 47 years in prison after being convicted of bank robbery and firearms offenses by a federal jury in downtown Los Angeles. But in January 2022, Bond was granted compassionate release and released early from prison. He was on supervised release when he robbed the Brinks employee near LAX.
U.S. District Judge Wesley L. Hsu scheduled a July 11 sentencing hearing, at which point Bond will face up to life in federal prison, prosecutors said.