Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 73-year-old man who robbed a bank in Illinois, saying he only had six months to live, was charged Monday and could spend the rest of his life behind bars, the Chicago Tribune reports. Walter Unbehaun, of Rock Hill, N.C., was arrested by FBI agents and local police outside of a hotel…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A GPS-tracking device stuffed into a bag of stolen bank money let to the arrest of a 29-year-old man who tried to get away with more than $7,000 from a financial institution in Illinois, The Chicago Tribune reports. FBI spokeswoman Joan Hyde said Miguel A. Ramirez was charged in a criminal complaint…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com This is an interesting test of human nature and honesty. A bank robber stuck up the Wells Fargo Bank branch in Pembroke Pines, Fla., in the Ft. Lauderdale area on March 29, and as he took off on his motorcycle, cash spilled onto the road. Some citizens, who obviously dislike litter,…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Out of federal prison only since July, the “Sevon-Second Bandit” Jack Mannino is again wanted in connection with a bank robbery, reports SILive.com. Mannino, a former Gambino Crime Family associate, got his name in the 1990’s, according to SI Live, when he was caught entering banks with a package and threatening…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI’s most wanted man in Houston has turned himself in, reports the local ABC affiliate. The bureau had posted billboards with the man’s photos just days before. Patrick Simmons is a suspect in a bank robbery where a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot, according to ABC, putting him on…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com David E. Gregory, 57, walked into the Chicago Community Bank at 52 East Lake Street in Chicago, Ill. at around 9:30am on Sept. 30. He handed the teller a note which said he had a gun and a bomb, and demanded money from the teller’s drawer. Gregory walked out of the…
FBI had bank robbers under surveillance: woodtv.com
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI in Los Angeles is offering a bigger than normal reward — $100,000 — for information leading to the arrest of a violent group of bank robbers dubbed the “20 Questions Bandits”. The FBI said Wednesday that agents and police detectives from Ventura, Orange and Los Angeles counties have been…
