A South Los Angeles man was convicted Tuesday of the armed robbery of an armored truck in Hawthorne on Valentine's Day in 2022, a heist in which more than $166,000 in cash and customer checks were stolen and a firearm was discharged after the truck's driver was held at gunpoint.
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Deneyvous Hobson, 38, of the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles, was found guilty of one count each of conspiracy, interference with commerce by robbery (known as a Hobbs Act crime), using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Evidence showed that Hobson and co-defendant James Russell Davis, 36, also of West Adams, robbed an armored truck by ambushing the driver after the driver had finished servicing an ATM at the Wescom Credit Union in Hawthorne. After Hobson and two associates stole about $166,640 in cash and checks from the ATM, one of the men fired an 9mm semi-automatic handgun he was carrying, prosecutors said.
The next day, Hobson attempted to sell handgun, stating that the weapon was "not all the way bad it was just shot doing a get down," according to documents filed in Los Angeles federal court.
Hobson was not permitted to possess the firearm or ammunition because his criminal history includes felony convictions in 2003 in Los Angeles Superior Court for robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
U.S. District Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha scheduled an April 18 sentencing hearing, at which time Hobson will face up to life in federal prison.
Davis pleaded guilty in February to one count of Hobbs Act robbery and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The judge sentenced Davis to nearly 14 years in federal prison and ordered him to pay $166,640 in restitution to Sectran Security Services, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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