A District man was sentenced to 15 years and three months in prison Thursday for firing shots and trying to rob a Dunbar armored truck containing more than $2 million in cash.
A federal judge in Greenbelt also ordered Toumani Touray Thomas, 33, to serve five years of supervised release and pay restitution of $5,285 for damage he caused to the truck.
Thomas tried to rob the armored truck while it was making a pickup in Takoma Park on Oct. 16, 2009. Thomas followed the truck when it drove away, and fired into the car when it stopped near Powder Mill Road and Cherry Hill Road in Prince George’s County, according to court records.
When the truck’s crew tried to drive away, Thomas again followed the vehicle. Court records say he passed the truck, made a U-turn in front of it and then fired two rounds into the front of the truck. Thomas fled after police arrived at the scene, and was shot by police after he entered a home and asked the residents for the keys to their vehicle.
