On March 5, 2025, cousins Rashonda Hollingsworth and Michael Hollingsworth robbed, at gunpoint, the Department of Motor Vehicles office on Belt Road in Chester, South Carolina. According to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the crime was caught on surveillance cameras.
According to an arrest warrant, the pair got away with a bank bag containing more than $12,000 in cash and $8,000 in checks.
On Tuesday, 43-year-old Rashonda Hollingsworth was arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
Rashonda Hollingsworth, 43, of North Carolina is charged with Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery. (Photo released prior to her arrest September 30, 2025)CCSO Facebook Page
Investigators say she drove the getaway car. She’s now in custody at the Chester County Detention Center.
Her cousin, 43-year-old Michael Hollingsworth, was arrested on September 23, 2025.
Michael Hollingsworth, 43, charged in the March 5, 2025 Armed Robbery of the SCDMV office in Chester, SC.CCDC
He remains behind bars in the Chester County Detention Center, bond denied. Michael Hollingsworth is charged with armed robbery, weapons possession and criminal conspiracy.
