When Boudin was 14 months old , his parents were arrested for their role as getaway car drivers in the Brink 's robbery of 1981 in Rockland County , New York . His mother was sentenced to 20 years to life and his father to 75 years to life for the felony murders of two police officers and a security guard . After his parents were incarcerated , Boudin was raised in Chicago by " adoptive parents " Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn , who , like his parents , were one-time members of the Weather Underground . Kathy Boudin was released under parole supervision in 2003
Brink 's robbery of 1981
Brink's robbery (1981)
Chesa Boudin