Brinks Armored Truck Heist Getaway Driver Granted Parole
Less than a week after Rockland gathered to commemorate the memory of local heroes Peter Paige, Sgt. Edward O’Grady, and Officer Waverly Brown, three men who lost their lives attempting to apprehend a group of domestic terrorists that robbed a Brinks armored bank truck in 1981, one of the participants in the attack has been granted parole.
David Gilbert, a former member of the Weather Underground and the man tasked with driving the truck the terrorists used in their attempted escape, had his sentence commuted by former Governor Cuomo on August 23, the last day of the disgraced governor’s tenure in office. Cuomo’s decision left Gilbert eligible for the clemancy he was granted this afternoon.
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