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Two Men Sentenced in Flying Cash Police Pursuit
Two Men Sentenced in Flying Cash Police Pursuit 
Two reputed gang members were sentenced today after being convicted of robbing a Canyon Country
bank, then leading police on a high-speed chase as they threw cash out of the getaway car’s window, the
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Deputy District Attorney Moira Curry said Lavelle Mosley, 24, was sentenced to 33 years in state prison
and Terion Lamarr Collins, 27, received a 45-year, eight-month prison sentence.
They were found guilty of five counts each of second-degree robbery on Jan. 31. Jurors also found true
gang and gun use allegations for both of the defendants. A third defendant, Phillip Ely, was acquitted
by the jury.
However, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Daniel Feldstern of the San Fernando Branch
ruled that there was enough evidence about Ely’s participation on the robbery to find him in violation
of probation from an unrelated drug conviction.
Ely was sentenced to time served for the probation violation on Feb. 26.
Mosley and Collins, both members of the Rollin’ 40s Crips gang, robbed a Bank of America branch in
Canyon Country shortly after 10 a.m. on Sept. 12, 2012, according to witness testimony.
The prosecutor said sheriff’s deputies pursued the defendants for about an hour before the chase came
to an end on a busy residential street where throngs of bystanders were running up to scoop up cash
thrown out of the fleeing vehicle.
A fourth man involved in the robbery remains at large.
The case has been investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Major Crimes Bureau.
http://da.co.la.ca.us/mr/pdf/04.04.14.Two_Men_Sentenced_in_Flying_Cash_Police_Pursuit.pdf
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