A convicted felon granted compassionate release in 2022 after serving 26 years for armored car robberies has been found guilty of committing the same crime last year.
Markham David Bond, 61, of Inglewood, robbed a Brinks courier at gunpoint on Aug. 18, 2023, in a Chase Bank parking lot near LAX.
Bond used a handgun to steal $145,000 in cash, ordering the courier to the ground and threatening to kill him before fleeing with the cash-filled duffle bag.
Investigators located the getaway vehicle, a Chevrolet Tahoe with distinctive damage, abandoned just blocks from Bond’s home. Inside, police recovered the empty Brinks bag and a hat matching surveillance footage that was later positively matched to Bond through DNA.
A search of Bond’s home led to the discovery of a loaded .40-caliber pistol, clothing worn during the robbery and $9,000 in crumpled cash hidden in a refrigerator.
Bond, whose convictions span decades, was previously sentenced to nearly 47 years in prison for similar robberies and firearms violations, including a 1995 conviction for robbing an armored car courier.
A blue Brinks duffel bag and a black Raiders hat were among the items recovered from a Chevrolet Tahoe related to an armored vehicle robbery on Aug. 18 2023. (United States Department of Justice) 
A pistol, a long-sleeve shirt and several piles of cash were recovered at the Inglewood home of Markham Bond on Nov. 22, 2023. (United States Department of Justice)
Despite objections from federal prosecutors, Bond was released in 2022 under federal guidelines for elderly or seriously ill inmates because he was deemed to be in fragile health and no longer a threat to the community.
Now facing a return to federal prison, Bond was convicted of interference with commerce by robbery, using a firearm in a violent crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Bond is scheduled to be sentenced next July. He faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
