Three people, including a married couple, have been charged in connection with a more than two-week robbery spree of a dozen Southern California businesses, federal authorities said Thursday.
In a news release announcing the grand jury indictment, officials with the Department of Justice alleged that between Jan. 29 and Feb. 14, 2024, 36-year-old Antonio Lamar Bland and 49-year-old Abigail Luckey, both residents of North Hollywood, along with 23-year-old Long Beach resident Ronnie Tucker, robbed 12 businesses in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
Prosecutors said the robberies were typically executed late at night, with Bland and Tucker entering each business wearing hooded sweatshirts and masks. Luckey reportedly acted as the getaway driver in several of the robberies, waiting in a white four-door sedan she owned for the two men to run out of the business and flee in her vehicle…