Two Local People Sentenced on Dunbar Armored Truck Robbery

U.S. Attorney’s Office
Eastern District of Missouri
18 April 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

St. Louis, MO – Charles Johnson and Shayne Kier Jones were both sentenced to 141 months in prison each for their involvement in the April 4th, 2016 armed robbery of a Dunbar Armored truck.

According to court documents, Johnson and Jones robbed Dunbar Armored Company shortly after a money pickup. The money was taken from a Dunbar Armored employee at gun point. Jones was employed by Dunbar, and his duty was to exit the armored truck to do the pickup and delivery of US currency. A second employee (CT) was assigned as the driver. At the end of the day’s route CT was told by Jones that he, Jones, would drive the armored truck back to Dunbar. Jones then decided to stop for gas. After getting the gas, Jones acted as if he was lost and stopped the truck at Antelope and Switzer in the City of St. Louis. He got out of the truck and two individuals with guns rushed him and demanded the money in the truck. Jones threw the money bags out the back door to Johnson and another man (JB). CT said that there was a white Buick vehicle right next to the armored car. CT and Jones then drove the truck from the scene of the armed robbery.

On April 14th, the owner of the white vehicle, JB, which was used in the robbery was interviewed and admitted his involvement in the robbery. He told law enforcement that Johnson contacted him with the concept of the robbery. Johnson told JB that he had a cousin who worked for the armored truck company and would assist in the robbery. JB’s role was to be the driver of the getaway car, the white car. On April 4th, JB and Johnson drove to the site they had picked out for the robbery. Jones drove the armored truck to that location and got out of the truck which allowed JB and Johnson to approach and demand money. Jones was the inside employee. After the robbery, JB and Johnson drove the white car loaded with the stolen money to JB’s residence where the money was transferred to another car. They then drove to JB’s mother’s house and divided the stolen money into three shares. As Jones was still being interviewed by law enforcement, Johnson took two shares of the stolen money for himself and Jones.

Johnson, 36, and Jones, 30, both of St. Louis City, pled in December to one count each of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by threats of violence and use of firearm to commit that offense, and appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry.

This case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Tom Mehan is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.