Authorities arrested three Philadelphia men accused of robbing a Brink’s armored truck of more than $2 million in June. One of the alleged thieves was a Brink’s employee.

At about 8 a.m. on June 21, Brian Wallace and Trayvine Jackson, both 31, armed with AR-15 rifles, approached the Brink’s driver in an alley as the victim was on his way to a Home Depot as part of his route, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said in a release Wednesday.

After getting the jump on the driver from behind, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Jackson forced him onto the ground and took the driver’s Brink’s-issued gun and keys, prosecutors said. One of the pair stayed with the driver while the other took the $2 million from the company truck.

Mr. Jackson was formerly the driver of the truck involved and was on suspension as a Brink’s employee at the time of the alleged robbery due to a company investigation into his possible involvement in other thefts, according to court documents cited by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Brink’s ultimately fired Mr. Jackson following the probe, according to court documents cited by Philadelphia’s WPVI-TV.

After the heist, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Jackson fled in a rented black Hyundai Sonata followed by a silver Ford Fusion driven by the third suspect, Daishaun Hughes-Murchison, 30. Mr. Wallace returned the Sonata after the robbery to Enterprise, where he worked, according to the Inquirer.

After returning that car, Mr. Wallace got into the Fusion and the pair drove off, said prosecutors, who didn’t detail what happened to Mr. Jackson.

Prosecutors charged the three suspects with robbery interfering with interstate commerce and use of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime. The court ordered Mr. Jackson to be detained. Mr. Wallace and Mr. Hughes-Murchison face detention hearings this week.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.