Los Angeles: The Robbery-Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department are investigating the theft of United States currency from the Brink’s Armored Truck Company.

On October 3, 2004, at approximately 6:45p.m., Robbery-Homicide Division Detectives were advised of an extortion involving a Brink’s armored truck driver.

Robbery-Homicide Detectives were advised that the employees of the armored truck had delivered an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency to a waiting four door, black, Dodge pick-up truck with tinted windows located in the area of the area of San Pedro and 29^th Street. The vehicle was last observed eastbound 29^th Street.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is requested to call Robbery-Homicide Detectives, at 213-485-0780. On weekends and during off-hours, call the 24-hour toll free number at the Detective Information Desk, at 1-877-LAWFULL (1-877-529-3855).

This news advisory was prepared by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Section, at 213-485-3586.