Armored truck driver guilty in $1.2 million heist

By DeeAnna Haney | Jan 22, 2013

A South Carolina man was sentenced to at least six years in prison for his role in robbing an armored car in Canton in November, 2011 after a jury trial ended Tuesday.

Jurors listened to a week’s worth of testimony and evidence before finding 24-year-old Alex Stephen Loftis guilty of four out of six felony charges against him.

Loftis is a co-defendant with Jerry Blake Bogan, who is accused of conspiring with him to rob the Dunbar armored truck for which Loftis worked.

On the morning of Nov. 10, Loftis was making a scheduled delivery to the ATM at the Exxon in Canton on Radio Hill. When his co-worker exited the vehicle to make the drop, Loftis allowed Bogan, who does not work for Dunbar, to enter the car.

Bogan allegedly tasered the other employee and took his weapon, according to ...

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