Three men from Philadelphia have been arrested and charged in relation to a high-stakes armored car heist that occurred last June. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the accused, Daishaun "Daisha" Hughes-Murchison, 30, Brian Wallace, 31, and Trayvine Jackson, 31, are facing charges of robbery interfering with interstate commerce and use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime.
Hughes-Murchison and Wallace were arrested and await their detention hearings scheduled for later this week, coming after the allegations levied against them. Meanwhile, Jackson has been ordered detained. It's reported that on the morning of June 21, the suspects allegedly made off with over 2 million dollars after accosting a Brink's armored vehicle driver at gunpoint in the vicinity of a Philadelphia Home Depot.
The aborted career path of Jackson, a former Brink's employee who was terminated after an internal investigation, adds a layer of betrayal to the narrative of the crime—suggesting, perhaps, an inside edge to the planning and execution of the robbery. As the driver was completing his stop at 2500 block of Castor Avenue, two men with AR-style rifles approached, took his keys and company firearm, and forced him down while they looted the armored car. They then fled the scene in a black Hyundai Sonata and a silver Ford Fusion.
Investigators connected the dots to the alleged perpetrators, finding that the Sonata had been rented by Wallace and the Ford Fusion was registered to Hughes-Murchison. Surveillance footage shows Wallace entering Hughes-Murchison’s vehicle after the Sonata was returned, a couple of hours post-robbery. The cell phones of both Wallace and Jackson, as per the criminal complaints, were tracked to the car rental site and near the Home Depot during the robbery, solidifying their purported involvement.
These arrests and ensuing investigation are the result of cooperative efforts by the FBI Philadelphia Violent Crimes Task Force and the Philadelphia Police Department with the prosecution being led by Assistant United States Attorney Amanda R. Reinitz. This armored car robbery may have netted the suspects a temporary fortune, but the costs appear to be far steeper for the three Philadelphians in custody, as they face the concrete consequences of federal charges.
