SC Judge Sentences Men In $9.8 Million Armored Car Heist

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Three of the South Carolina men involved in one of the largest armored car heists in U.S. history have been sentenced to at least 25 years each in prison.

Judge Michelle Childs on Monday sentenced Darryl Frierson, Jeremy McPhail and Dominic Lyde for armed robbery, kidnapping, assault and battery and conspiracy. A fourth man, Paul Whitaker, received three years for conspiracy.

Childs also denied a request to reduce 25-year sentences for the two other convicts involved, Domonique Blakney and Kelby Blakney.

Investigators say the May 2007 heist in Columbia was an inside job and the thieves made off with almost $10 million from Express Teller Armored Car Services. More than $5 million remains missing.