Armed Robbers Pause Crime Spree to Get Hitched in Vegas

Posted on: February 24, 2025, 10:28h. 

Last updated on: February 25, 2025, 11:34h.

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  • Alleged robbers paused their two-week crime spree to get married in Vegas
  • The pair is accused of a dozen robberies throughout Southern California
  • The couple is currently in custody and awaiting trial

An alleged modern-day Bonnie and Clyde have been charged with going on a two-week armed robbery spree that included getting married in Vegas.

Antonio Bland, 36, and Abigail Luckey, 49, are charged in a federal grand jury indictment with robbing 12 stores in Southern California last year between January 29 and February 14. (Image: US Department of Justice)

On February 19, federal authorities charged Antonio Lamar Bland and Abigail Luckey of North Hollywood — along with their alleged partner in crime, Ronnie Tucker of Long Beach — with robbing 12 stores across LA and Orange Counties last year.

Their spree began with a smoke-shop heist in Tustin on January 29 and ended two weeks later when Burbank police detectives — already on their trail thanks to placing a GPS tracker on Luckey’s 2011 Chevrolet Cruze — arrested the couple after they attempted to rob a USA Donuts in Downey.

It was Valentine’s Day.

Luckey in Love

During a lull in their spree on February 6, Bland and Luckey became one of the approximately 70K-80K couples who tie the knot each year in Las Vegas

Neither the location of their marriage — nor whether they sprang for an Elvis impersonator — is detailed in the federal documents.

Bland and Luckey aren’t among the most famous couples to get married in Las Vegas. That honor would have to go to Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu in 1967, Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow in 1966, and Bruce Willis and Demi Moore in 1987.

However, they are definitely in the running for the most infamous — after Britney Spears began a marriage with childhood friend Jason Alexander there in 2004 that lasted 55 hours.

Two days later, on February 8, Bland and Luckey resumed their crime spree by robbing a 7-11 in Burbank.

The happy couple have been separated since their arrest, but only because that’s how federal custody works.

He was charged with six violations of the Hobbs Act, each of which carries 20 years, plus four counts of firearm brandishing and two of being a felon in possession of a firearm, for a maximum of 178 years.

She faces five Hobbs violations, totaling a maximum of 100 years.

We’d like to think she’ll wait for him.

Their trial is set for May 6 in LA.