GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A D.C. man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for robbing an armored vehicle in Glenarden.
Forty-eight-year-old Steven Vondell Williams was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Greenbelt.
READ MORE: Maryland Weather: Tornado Watch Lingers For Eastern Shore CountiesAccording to evidence presented at trial, on May 3, 2011, Williams and another man robbed an armored truck that was dropping off cash at a 7-Eleven. Prosecutors say the two pointed handguns at the armored truck company’s worker and made off with $30,000 in cash.
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