Police investigate a March 9 robbery inside the Fifth Third Bank at 1311 Ridgeland Ave. in Naperville. But the choices presented to the Court do not involve keeping Mr. They found distinctive Bank of America money bands, clothing used in the heist, military-issue body armor, guns, and ammunition. 924 (c) (1) (A). March 13, 2007, p. B2; Ex-Ranger Suspected in Robbery Back in U.S., Ibid,. See https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-at-higher-risk.html (last visited May 2, 2020). Wednesday marks 30 years . William Francis Sutton Jr. (June 30, 1901 - November 2, 1980) was an American bank robber. Olinger was charged in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Friday, September 22, 2006, and pleaded guilty to possessing unregistered destructive devices. This movie is an authentic recreation of the '53 robbery, except the vehicles are late 50s. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, there was a robbery at the First Bank in the 300 block of Riverpark Dr. in East St. Louis. LOUIS - An early morning bank robbery followed by a bomb threat Saturday forced parts of St. Charles Rock Road in St. Ann closed. Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer, K-9 officer Dan Pleckham, Jr. and his four-legged partner, Bandit, both of the Yorkville Police Department, emerge from Fifth Third Bank March 9 in Naperville as police investigate a stickup. September 22, 2006, p. B-1; David Bowermaster, Tacoma Bank Robbed to Start Crime Family?, Ibid,. In 1930 . May 28, 2008, p.B-2; Adam Lynn, Ex-Ranger Gets 24 Years for Tacoma Bank Job, Ibid,. Interesting hobby choice. What followed was a sensationalized manhunt and the execution of three bandits involved in the incident.. On November 3, 1893, the seven-car Train No. Ken Dye goes undercover for the St. Louis County Sheriff's Department to purchase illegal weapons and hears about a planned bank heist. "I personally think that it was not done vindictively. During questioning, Blum confessed to driving the getaway car, for which he was paid $10,000, and provided the identities of the other men involved in the robbery. EDITORS NOTE: Copies of the criminal complaint filed in this case are available from the Chicago FBIs press office at (312) 829-1199. 3, 2020) (Leinenweber, J.). The Sikh unrest and the Indian state: politics, personalities, and historical retrospective. But he claimed that his purpose was to expose atrocities committed by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Surveillance footage courtesy of the FBI, Louis H. Early, 51, in his Cayuga County sheriff's booking photo, A crime scene technician checks for fingerprints March 9 inside the front door of the Fifth Third Bank at 1311 Ridgeland Ave. in Naperville. 3582(c)(1)(A) to provide a greater role for courts in determining whether to reduce a defendant's sentence based on "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a reduction. Not too long after he was paroled in 1995, he was again charged in New York with grand larceny, this time for embezzling money from his employer. Robertson, the other bandit with a handgun, identified the fourth man inside the bank as 18-year-old Nathan R. Dunmall from Chilliwack, who was the other guard wielding an AK-47 assault rifle. Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer. Lt. Joseph J. But that's just the most recent episode; it disregards the rest of his history. Marshal Service pending sentencing. Other calls and tips helped lead police to . In fact, the most infamous case involved a Northwest suburban duo known as the "flesh-colored mask bandits" who hit nearly 20 banks during a 15-month, seven-state robbing spree that ended in spring 1993. In 2010, Mr. The banks lost about $482 million due to robberies, or $4,213 per offense. On Monday, March 8, Judge Robart accepted Sommers guilty plea and sentenced him to an additional 20 years in prison and a $25,000 fine. Louis Teller and Lora Ritenour were two of Cleveland's most notorious bank robbers. Believing it to be a bank heist, the witness copies down the license plate and gives it to the Tacoma police. March 8, 2007, p. B-2; Jonathan Martin and Jennifer Sullivan, Fort Lewis Soldier Charged With Robbing Bank Twice, Ibid,. February 8, 2007, p. A-1; David Bowermaster, Two Ex-Rangers to Admit Guilt in Bank Heist, Ibid,. The charge relates to a March 18 heist at a TCF Bank branch in the Danada Square Shopping Center in Wheaton, but evidence in the complaint also connects the father and son to a March 9 heist at a Fifth Third Bank in Naperville, the FBI said. Early committed two bank robberies, on one of which he was armed. The FBI learned that Blum was a Private First Class (E-3) assigned to Company C, Second Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Lewis. Ajanta Publications,India. The robbery. LEONARD, Texas (KXII) - A suspect in a bank robbery in Leonard Friday night has been arrested. Then early Wednesday morning he absconded from his mothers house in Peachland, B.C. (To be sure, under the plan approved by the BOP, Mr. Caisse d'Espargne bank, 1980, Paris, $11.5 million. The risk to the public from Mr. no. 1935. Leonard Police said it happened around 6 p.m. at the First United Bank at 200 W. Collins Street when . An FBI agent told him that there had been a bank robbery an hour earlier. He ordered the tellers to give him only stacks of banded $20, $50 and $100 bills and not to include any bait money, with prerecorded serial numbers, or dye packs. His father was in state custody in New York, pending his transfer to Chicago, the FBI said. The film is now in the public domain. The suspects were identified last night as Louis Hill, 25, of the 300 block of Stevenson Lane, Towson, and Benjamin Franklin Boisseau Jr., 23, of the 3100 block of Clifton Ave., Baltimore. December 18, 2008, p. B-2; Canadian Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Army Ranger Robbery, Ibid., February 21, 2009, p. B-2; Stacey Mulick, Last of Five Men Sentenced for Takeover-Style Bank Job, Ibid., March 20, 2009, p. B-2; David Bowermaster, Three Rangers Charged in Tacoma Bank Heist, The Seattle Times, August 11, 2006, p. B-1; David Bowermaster, Third robbery Suspect Caught, Ibid,. A now-retired judge of this court sentenced him to a prison term of 160 months, a little over thirteen years. The Early men aren't the area's first father-and-son team accused of banking heists. Early's release, including "clothes, housing, medical care and employment to ensure his entry back into society." Early's prison sentence to time served and directs the Clerk to prepare an amended judgment and commitment order (J&C) accordingly. Mr. The first question is whether there are "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a reduction. They also found two rifles belonging to Sommer inside Olingers pickup truck. Jaylan D. Quinn, 22, has been charged with armed bank robbery resulting in death, and Andrew R. Brinkley, 19, has been charged with bank robbery, according to a press release from the. On Sunday, August 13, Tigra J. "The elder Early then entered the bank on the pretext of opening a checking account. He had pleaded guilty on December 7, 2006, to two felony counts: armed bank robbery and brandishing a machine gun during and in relation to a crime of violence. Five soldiers and two Canadian citizens will be charged with involvement in the crime. Nine days later, a suspect matching the same description struck the Danada TCF branch bank, where Early Jr. was working. Mot. December 6, 2006, p. A-11; David Bowermaster, Pentagon: No Evidence Found of War Crimes Ranger Alleged, Ibid,. In the federal complaint, FBI agents said Louis H. Early confessed to both bank heists and implicated his son. Sommer and his gang were prepared for combat. On August 7, 2006, four men brandishing weapons rob the Bank of America branch in South Tacoma of $54,011. On Tuesday, police captured a man suspected of serial bank robbery after a high-speed chase through the Quad-Cities. "No one was injured." Not too long after that, he returned to Illinois, where he committed the bank robberies that led to the sentence he is now serving. According to the U.S. Attorneys sentencing memorandum to the court: It was one of the most dangerous bank robberies ever committed in Washington. March 24, 2007, p. B-1; David Bowermaster, Bank Robber fighting Extradition Disappears, Ibid,. And although he has significant health conditions, there is nothing to suggest that he is so frail to preclude further recidivism. On Tuesday, December 16, 2008, Chad Palmer appeared before Judge Burgess and was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison plus five years of supervised release. Early had a heart attack at some point when he was in custody at the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center. He was incarcerated at the North Fraser Pretrial Center in Port Coquitlam to await extradition procedures. Early almost that much, permitting his release to an RRC eight months before the end of his sentence. It was filmed in St. Louis to include crossing over into St. Louis from East St. Louis on the Eads Bridge, the oldest bridge crossing the Mississippi. Please. On the night of October 31, 2005, robbers entered the safety deposit boxes of SKB Bank (Societe Generale) in Ljubljana through the main door and deactivated the alarm system. 76 Metascore. Witnesses reported an armed white or Hispanic man robbed the First Savings Bank at 7048 Kennedy Ave. a little after 10 a.m., according to police. A now-retired judge of this court sentenced him to a prison term of 160 months, a little over thirteen years. The robbery is one of the most audacious and dangerous bank heists ever committed in Washington state. Early should understand that the Probation Office and the Court will be monitoring him while on supervised release and that the Court will not hesitate to recommit him to prison should he again go astray. If the defendant opted for a trial, he would face up to life in prison, if convicted on all seven felony counts. Following his release from that prison term in 1997, Mr. Early has spent nearly all of his time serving jail or prison sentences and finding ways to get back into jail or prison. Captain Fuller told FBI agents that Luke Sommer, who supposedly had dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship, planned to travel to British Columbia and stay with his mother, Christel Davidson, in Peachland, a town of 5,000 on Lake Okanagan near Kelowna. note 1(D). Luke Sommer still doesnt understand how bad what he did really was (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). Aug 13, 2018 Steve Palace. Evidence Everywhere You Look, While waiting for the issuance of search warrants for the Audi and Blums private quarters, FBI agents learned from the commander of Company C, Captain Clinton Fuller, that the entire company had been granted a two-week furlough on the day of the robbery. Courthouse before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney I. Schenkier. That year (1997), he swindled an elderly woman by telling her he would use the money she gave him ($4,100) to get her grandson out of prison on appeal and then just taking the money and doing nothing. At present, there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus among either staff or incarcerated persons at the prison, see https://www.bop.gov/coronavirus/index.jsp (last visited May 2, 2020), but the Court has no solid information about how much testing has been done, and it is only fair to say that the fact that there are no confirmed cases does not mean that no one in the prison has contracted the coronavirus. ISBN9788120204539. Order of Mar. December 13, 2008, p. B-2; Stacey Mulick, Second Ranger Gets 11 Years for Tacoma Takeover Robbery, Ibid,. The morning of Jan. 17, 1958, was a typical slow day for Bank of Columbia President Walter F. Oakley Jr. and his staff, according to local historian David Hunter, a member of the . Bank manager Louis Early Jr reunites with his long-lost father, a career criminal, and he becomes the inside man in a series of daring family-run heists. On Monday evening, he and other witnesses saw the men in the barracks with bundles of cash. An image of the March 9 robbery of the Fifth Third Bank at 1311 Ridgeland Ave. in Naperville. Mr. Early is not over 70 years old), the statute provides that. In 1984 he pled guilty to multiple charges of official misconduct for stealing money from the Clerk of the DuPage County Circuit Court and served about six months in custody, followed by probation. Prosecutor Dion replied: While we dont know if he has a mental problem, we do know he has a moral defect. "Some of it was stacked in bricks of plastic shrink wrap similar to vault money. At 9:17 that cold, drizzly Monday morning in December, a man had demanded money from a teller at the Bank United. In the meantime, Sommers defense attorney, Steven J. Krupa, entered into plea negotiations with Assistant U.S. He waived his right to a preliminary hearing May 1 during his first federal court appearance. On the other hand, it appears that the vast majority of those who contract coronavirus do not suffer serious illness, and many remain entirely asymptomatic. That said, the Court cannot discount the risk to Mr. The next question is whether a reduction "is consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission." John Zaruba, who later was elected sheriff after Doria retired. Early pled guilty in 2000 and received a prison sentence of 18 months to three years (it looks like he served the full three, until April 2003), followed by parole, which was later revoked for various violations, including passing a bad check in January 2004. He was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Early is not without risk, the Court concludes after considering the relevant factors that a reduction of his sentence is appropriate so long as it is combined with a change to his supervised release conditions. Gambling casinos are considered hard targets and Byrne recommended Sommer and his gang rob banks instead. In both. Seafirst Bank, Lakewood, Washington, February 1997, $4.5 million ($7.5million in 2021) in cash. On Tuesday afternoon, FBI agents executed federal search warrants on the quarters occupied by Sommer, Palmer, and Blum in Building 3475. A father and son were arrested in connection with two west suburban bank robberies, in which authorities said they made off with a total of nearly $70,000, the FBI said this afternoon in a news release. One morning, Bounderby charges in upon Harthouse and Louisa, announcing that the bank has been robbed of roughly 150 pounds. Meanwhile, in Peachland, Luke Elliott Sommer was giving lengthy telephone interviews to newspapers and magazines, and television and radio stations. Based on current monetary standards, the Manhattan bank heist amounts to approximately $65 million today, far surpassing any previous robberies. Early that, as ordered in his previously-imposed conditions of supervised release, he must report to the Probation Office not less than 72 hours following his release. His allegations of war crimes were referred to the U.S. Department of Justice by the Canadian authorities. The amended J&C will also include a modification of the conditions of Mr. The agents will serve a search warrant on the suspects' quarters and recover weapons, clothing, and $21,000 in cash. July 16, 2007, p. B-1; Mike Carter, Former Army ranger Gets 24 Years in Prison for Bank Robbery, Ibid., December 13, 2008, p. B-1; Jennifer Sullivan, Former Army Ranger Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Tacoma Bank Robbery, Ibid., December 16, 2008, p. B-1; Sara Jean Green, B.C. Living St. Louis recorded the actual events of the robbery on one of their episodes. of Def. Early was arrested in New York for bank robbery, pled guilty, and was given another sentence of 18 months to three years. He was nicknmaned ``The Shootist because he fired shots into bank . This early exposure to entrepreneurship made an impression; in 1903, Walker became the first African American woman to be president of a bank when she founded St. Luke Penny Savings Bank. His ultimate release date is February 25, 2021, a little under ten months from now. The charge relates to the March 18th robbery of the TCF Bank branch, located in the Danada Square Shopping Center in Wheaton. Instead, they got away with just $100 after a neighboring shop owner came into the bank right in the middle of the holdup and sounded an alarm. On this same day, Alex Blum pleaded guilty before Judge Burgess to armed bank robbery, conspiracy, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Palmer was the first defendant to accept a plea bargain, which included an agreement to be a prosecution witness. Couldn't they just go fishing? When a six-year-old boy named Bobby Greenlease, Jr. was kidnapped, a massive effort to. The federal prosecution of a serial bank robber who briefly terrorized the St. Louis metropolitan area took an important step forward today. March 10, 2007, p. B-1; Adam Lynn, Canadian Man Changes Plea, Opts for Trial in Armed Robbery Case, Ibid,. Hamilton went on to commit a spree of chaotic, yet lucrative, bank robberies with the Dillinger gang. 8. Early has now filed a motion seeking immediate release under section 603(b) of the First Step Act, which amended 18 U.S.C. With Curtis Starner, Bobby Chacon, Mikaela Gilden, Jon Gormley. He was given a sentence of two to four years for the bank robberies. These conditions place Mr. Newsletter, Paddock Publications, Inc. is an Employee-Owned Company. His probation was revoked in 1987 when Early ran into more trouble in Cook County after being accused of stealing cars. Investigators had the fugitives picture and physical description from his arrest in August 2006, and were astonished to find he altered his appearance by gaining some 90 pounds. It is difficult to imagine how a reduction this modest would disregard the seriousness of his crimeswhich were indeed quite seriousor undercut the need to provide just punishment, respect for the law, or adequate deterrence. On Monday, January 4, 2010, Sommer appeared before Judge James L. Robart in U.S. District Court in Seattle and pleaded guilty to both felonies, agreeing to a 20 year sentence (Federal sentencing guidelines provide for a maximum of 30 years). Oh-so-coincidentally, the next day, six bandits got into the garage with keys in hand, then tied up . 103). See U.S.S.G. Early's contentions regarding his need for a longer reentry placement, but it must balance this with the issue of community safety, and given his significant history of recidivism the Court declines to recommend a longer-than-usual reentry placement." 09 CR 282 (N.D. Ill. May. Early if he contracts coronavirus, as reliable information places him in a higher-risk category. Gina Cavallaro, Rangers as Robbers?, Army Times website accessed December 15, 2008 (www.armytimes.com/news/2007/03/Atbankheist070301); Masked Men in Black Rob Bank of America on South Tacoma Way, The (Tacoma) News Tribune, August 8, 2006, p. B-2; Paul Sand, Two Soldiers Arrested in Robbery, Ibid,. June 30, 2007, p. B-1; David Bowermaster, Army Calls Rangers War-Crime Claim Baseless, Ibid,. America's First Bank Robbery was Nearly the Perfect Crime. Louis H. Early has filed a motion seeking release under 18 U.S.C. At least one robber is still free. He was released on bond but placed under house arrest pending the outcome of extradition procedures. At the time, Early was in the midst of a divorce. When Sommer failed to return to his unit at Fort Lewis at the end of August, the Army declared him Absent Without Leave (AWOL) and dropped him from the battalions payroll. Bank of America robbery, 1975, Mayfair; London. The Clay County Savings Association robbery in 1866 was never officially solved On February 13, 1866, a Tuesday, a group of riders rode into Liberty, Missouri. Early has been in prison for a long time, and halfway house placement would facilitate his reentry to the community. Any feedback, comments, or extra information are much . He said Sommer recruited two friends from Canada, both civilians, to participate in the heist. Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was joined today by Mark W. Field, Chief of the Wheaton, Illinois Police Department (WPD) and David E. Dial, Chief of the Naperville, Illinois Police Department (NPD) in announcing the arrest of two men in connection with the armed robberies, earlier this month, of two west suburban banks. The FBI claims that Johnny Madison Williams Jr., 43, robbed 56 banks over eight years in Texas, California and Washington. On Friday morning, May 23, 2008, the RCMP turned Sommer over to the FBI at the Peace Arch border station in Blaine, Washington. 1B1.13, app. The indictment charged all five with conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, armed bank robbery, and brandishing firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence. The Court notes that if it had made the requested recommendation and the Bureau of Prisons had then followed it, Mr. On Friday, February 20, 2009, Judge Burgess sentenced him to 12 years in federal prison plus five years of supervised release. Fortunately, Blums roommate had not left the Ranger compound and was able to shed some light on the robbers. It was a disaster from the start. Louis S. Early led him into an office, at which point his father 'acted as if he were displaying a weapon to his son, in an attempt to legitimize the robbery' for the bank's security cameras, according to a court plea declaration. He was released on a $25,000 surety bond, with the promise to return to the United States for further court proceedings. By happenstance, the bank robbers had removed the rear license plate from the car, but neglected to remove the one from the front bumper. [26] The court process against two robbers started[27] in November 2013. He pled guilty in 1985-86 to several separate charges of theft, one of them a felony theft charge, and was given a three-year prison sentence on the felony charge and jail sentences of three-plus months on each of two separate misdemeanor charges. Early in the category of those who face a higher risk of severe illness if they contract the coronavirus. (Josh Reynolds/Ap) The greatest art heist of all time remains unsolved, but a new book reveals that a small-time gangster may have masterminded the audacious 1990 robbery that relieved Boston's. Early also contends that the conditions at FCI Terre Haute, where he is incarcerated, also put him at greater risk of contracting the virus. The younger Early later called his father while he was driving to New York 'and asked, "Did you order a pizza?" Lapp lived in a wealthy Great Falls neighborhood and owned a $1.3 million home there at the time of his arrest on bank robbery charges in November 2018 Lapp was arrested when a K-9 officer tracked . Early has not provided any information regarding the degree to which those in higher-risk categories are more likely to suffer serious illness if they contract the virus, and the Court is unaware of any reliable information along these lines. Memphis, TN - After a four-day federal jury trial, Antonio Johnson 44, Travis Jackson 37, and Shalundra Johnson, 39 have been found guilty of kidnapping and multiple bank robberies. Shot and killed by federal agents. Moreover, as this Court and others have noted previously, when a defendant is soon to be released from, He also faces three years of supervised release. In both heists, the elder Early donned a baseball cap and sunglasses and warned tellers not to try anything "funny," the federal complaint states. Early. LOUIS H. EARLY, age 51, of Dewitt, New York and his son, LOUIS S. EARLY, age 26, of 2200 Cherry Court in Lisle, Illinois were both charged in a criminal complaint filed earlier this week in. Unfortunately, Sommer had neglected to advise his fellow conspirators of his grandiose plan. Like most big cities, St. Louis has a long criminal history filled with pickpockets, robbers, bootleggers, mobsters, and gangsters. On Wednesday, November 29, 2006, Byrne was charged in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, with one count of conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery. -----. 2113(a) and one count of using a firearm in connection with a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. But the sentence reduction is conditioned upon a modification of Mr. At the two-minute mark, the timekeeper shouted Lets go! The gang exited the bank with $54,011 stuffed into duffel bags, ran down a side street into an alley, jumped into a waiting automobile, and sped away. Weeks of the Cayuga County sheriff's office in New York said they contacted the FBI after spotting suspicious items in a motel room Early had rented. She maintained her son was not a naturally violent person and should not be considered a risk to the public. He has almost completed his sentence, and the Bureau of Prisons itself has decided to release him to a halfway house just seven scant weeks from how, and to home confinement only two months later. It was terrifying to finally tell the truth, he . If the police had shown up during the robbery, there would have been a blood-bath on the streets of Tacoma. During the hearing, defense attorney Krupa told Judge Burgess that Sommer was mentally ill and had been recently diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. The case eluded officials for decades, until an obituary appeared online and family secrets began to unravel. Both received lengthy prison terms. 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