Armored Car Heist Was Inside Job

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A former security service employee pleaded guilty to helping plan the robbery of $195,000 last July 26 from his company’s armored car while it was making a cash delivery at Olin Community CU.

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Jermaine McIntyre, who worked for Garda Security Service, gave his accomplices uniforms and information, as well as the getaway cars that were used in the heist, authorities said.

The two, dressed as Garda guards, used Mace to subdue one of the guards in the CU parking lot as the armored car was delivering cash. Although both of the real guards were armed, no shots were fired.

The two fled in a car supplied by McIntyre and were chased by police as they tossed some of the cash out the window before they were captured. All of the stolen cash was recovered. (c) 2008 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com


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