One year into his 30year sentence for robbing a bank in his massachusetts hometown of medford in 1980and while awaiting trial for a scam involving civil. Two former policemen may be indicted in 1980 heist upi archives. Burglar caught in violent web victim made last desperate calls for money. A convicted cops true story of police corruption gerald w.
He soon sets his eye to a bank with big score written all over it. About salvatores medford square salvatores medford square, is not just a fabulous restaurant offering unique cuisine at reasonable prices, this location is the site of the 1980 bank robbery made famous by the book. Two former policemen may be indicted in 1980 heist. The bank robbery capital of the world is the name given to l. Cop turned robber says public accepts bad cops upi. Springfield bank robber gave teller a note demanding money. Young has been in jail since his arrest in november. The depositors trust bank robbery in medford square in 1980. Bank robber poem by robert william service poem hunter. Delve into the millions of newspaper articles organized by a vast assortment of categories, historical.
Prosecutors win sweeping victory in charlestown bank robbery trial. The driver of the sentra was identified as 68yearold ralph griffith of vancouver, washington. Did you know that newspapers are one of the most widely adopted sources of information for genealogists, students and researchers alike. Book details police response to 1980 norco bank robbery. Boston two bank robbery suspects arrested by needham police wednesday may be connected to the u30 bandit, who has hit several local banks, fbi officials said. Splitting the loot on oxford road wilmington town crier. Mar 09, 2000 the most sensational case involving barrett came in 1980, when he was recruited by a group of medford and metropolitan police officers to burglarize the depositors trust. Oct 19, 2017 annville pd asks for publics help in bank robbery case.
Prosecutors win sweeping victory in charlestown bank. Police need help in identifying a vehicle a bank robbery suspect may have fled in. Reid, who was a member of the notorious stopwatch gang, has been denied full parole. Salvatores medford square, is not just a fabulous restaurant offering unique cuisine at reasonable prices, this location is the site of the 1980 bank robbery made famous. Norco 80 is a fascinating truecrime account that seems likely to be one of the best nonfiction books of the year.
Theives apparently bypassed the banks silent alarm system, slipped into an adjacent jewelry store, smashed through an adjoining wall and then spent six to eight hours chipping away at the vaults 18inchthick. They were in the red chevy truck which we had posted. Officers arrested amy bender following a robbery at mechanics bank on thursday. Police say 48yearold arthur benito calderon was later. Serial bank robber ralph griffith arrested in oregon after. Five men arrested in connection with 1980 bank robbery december 9, 1985 gmt medford, mass. Ghostman by roger hobbs, the chase by clive cussler, the burning room by michael connelly, turn left at the cow by lisa bu. Clemente thought a tv store was hardly worth the effort. During the memorial day weekend may 2427, 1980, inclusive, sometimes hereafter the 1980 memorial day weekend, the premises of the depositors trust company the bank in medford and the adjacent premises in the same block structure of burns optical and hearing aid center page 230 boc were entered by persons for some time unknown. Bulger, now 81, was originally credited for tipping off investigators to those responsible for the 1980 robbery of the bank depositors trust in medford square, according to. Feb 10, 2016 by contrast, the man who was the ringleader of that same robbery and another in the bronx, is due to be released on wednesday from a federal prison in california, exactly 30 years after he was. Man arrested for series of bank robberies community news. Ap news archive new york times this bank job was done no other than the authorities. Salvatores medford square book restaurant now with.
Police are trying to identify a suspect who allegedly robbed a medford bank. Whitey bulgers medford connections medford, ma patch. Cops are robbers, the internet movie firearms database. A woman entered the td bank branch at 1806 route 112 at 10. A failed bank robbers lifetime of runins with law the new. Danbury man arrested in connection to stoneville bank robbery. Cheri laverne dalton is wanted for her alleged involvement in the brinks armored car robbery which occurred on october 21, 1981, in nanuet, new york. He had been convicted of bank robbery in the 1980s and early 2000s and had written books glorifying.
Im choosing to start with the barrington bank robbery from history of barrington. Medford police and mdc police officers on memorial day weekend in may 1980. A man accused of robbing a medford bank, then stabbing a driver and carjacking his car, has pleaded guilty. The men were accused of robbing the sovereign bank at the intersection of webster street and highland avenue shortly after 1 p. The men spent the threeday holiday weekend inside the closed bank, rifling through safedeposit boxes. What followed was one of the most violent events in law enforcement history. These are the most insane bank heists in american history. Norco 80 is a gripping account of one of americas most notorious bank heists peter houlahans account of the violent robbery and its aftermath is based on. Like the hooker rape help of illegal hiring it is a great cops book ever think the robbing cooked up a plot to steal all to the cops rules games we played it was the use of terrible violance, so. Police arrest man, 30, in bank robbery lincoln police say they have two men in custody for questioning within minutes of a bank robbery at union bank, 4800 normal blvd. A suspect appearing to be a male in his mid 20s and described as 5. Medford police seek bank robbery suspect kobitv nbc5. Medford bank robber arrested in revere news medford. I moved to medford and looked up the town history on wikipedia and saw a paragraph about the heist.
Hirsch, associated press writer tuesday dec 23, 1997 at 12. One year into his 30year sentence for robbing a bank in his massachusetts hometown of medford in 1980and while awaiting trial for a scam involving civil service exams this former police lieutenant here throws himself on the readers sympathy, aided by stevens, a book editor, with arguments that his five brethren in the robbery, two of them. In 2018, medford s population grew up to 57,765 residents. Five men arrested in connection with 1980 bank robbery. A woman accused of robbing a medford bank in broad daylight on. For a firsttime writer, houlahan sure knows how to dramatize a scene. Then i ate at salvatores, the restaurant that has the bank vault as its private dining room. Bank heist suspect wrote book about robbing banks syracuse. The other teller also reportedly agreed with the identification. This bank job was done no other than the authorities. Medford police were searching tuesday for a bank robber who held up banner bank, 1455 e. From medford high to uva why football still matters to scholar. Lawmakers act to bar inmates book profits the new york.
The 1980 bank robbery began with bangs and oleary approaching clemente, wanting an alarm expert, so they could rob a tv store in medford. The cops are robbers broke into the vault at the depositors trust bank. A convicted cops true story of police corru show more. Depositors trust bank heist 55 high street, medford, massachusetts commonwealth vs. On march 27, the roseburg police department investigated a bank robbery at the downtown u. Medford man touted robbery coconspirators as pros from charlestown three men who allegedly planned to rob a norwood. Norco 80 is a gripping account of one of americas most. Police are investigating the weekend robbery of a medford bank. The cops are robbers broke into the vault at the depositors trust bank on high street in medford square and. Hearne attached to the books, she wrote, i am enclosing our town history book which will also have a few interesting stories, bank robbery, hospital on reading ave where i was born.
Medford police are now searching for two robbery suspects after a 75yearold woman says she was robbed at gunpoint and tied up in her own home. Two former policemen may be indicted in 1980 heist upi. The robbery took place over the long memorial day weekend in 1980. Jun 23, 2011 bulger, now 81, was originally credited for tipping off investigators to those responsible for the 1980 robbery of the bank depositors trust in medford square, according to a january 1998 boston.
One year into his 30year sentence for robbing a bank in his massachusetts hometown of medford in 1980and while awaiting trial for a scam involving civil service examsthis former police lieutenant here throws himself on the readers sympathy, aided by stevens, a book editor, with arguments that his five brethren in the robbery, two of them junkies, turned out to be less than honorable, and that his. The dunbar robbery is the first of four heists on this list that occurred in 1997. Oct 15, 2010 a failed bank robbers lifetime of runins with the law. Police investigate bank robbery in parsippany tapinto. Report aaron pelchat of goffstown was arrested last night in londonderry. Time and again, bulgers contributions were embellished, in cases that included solving bank robberies, saving agents lives, and even in bringing down boston mafia boss gennaro angiulo.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Clemente, with friends and fellow officers from the police in medford, mass. I much admire i must admit the man who robs a bankit takes a lot of guts and grit. John eric young, 40, changed his plea in a jackson county courtroom tuesday. Theives apparently bypassed the banks silent alarm system, slipped. It is home to tufts university, which has its campus along the medford and somerville border. True tales from the bank robbery capital of the world reprint by dillow, gordon isbn. Two of the five perpetrators and one sheriffs deputy were killed, nine other law enforcement officers were wounded, and. Using their underworld connections, they bring in some cons to help with the safe blowing and alarms. Npr an alarming account of a bank heist that rocked the country in 1980.
The medford police department said the robbery occurred just before 5. Springfield bank robbery suspect passed note demanding money. Typical example of armed policing in the eighties the. Two of the five perpetrators and one sheriffs deputy were killed. The fbi said it found half a dozen books in burns home and car. The driver was carrying a drivers license issued to witt, the affidavit said, and when witt was brought back to the bank, the teller involved in the robbery said, that is definitely the guy that robbed me, but without the gray sweatshirt that he was wearing during the robbery. The television host bears more than a slight resemblance to a stickup artist who knocked over the chase bank in medford on monday afternoon. Medford police are seeking help from the public in identifying and locating a man suspected of robbing a medford bank monday. University of virginia english professor, and former medford mustang.
Medford police were searching tuesday for a bank robber who held up. At the trial, sergeant bangs testified that he had jewelry that was stolen from safedeposit boxes in a 1980 bank burglary in medford. Notorious canadian bank robberauthor stephen reid talks to media in victoria, tuesday, march 3, 2015. Norco bank robbery documentary part 1 of 3 youtube. Annville pd asks for publics help in bank robbery case. Followup investigation uncovered links between the robbery and a motor vehicle theft reported in coos county the same day.
Stoneville a danbury man has been arrested and charged in connection to a tuesday afternoon robbery of fidelity bank on south henry street. Medford kindergarten students will be able to add another skill with the launch at jackson elementary next fall of the school districts newest corrected duallanguage program. Stopwatch gang bank robber and author stephen reid denied. He had been convicted of bank robbery in the 1980s and early 2000s and had written books glorifying heists and the time he says he served. Ive described how armed policing pre 1991 has worked several times but sometimes its easier to understand it if you have a visual example. Here are a few books that sketch out the myths and realities of how to pull a heist. Officers responded to a report of a robbery at bank of the cascades at 3100 crater lake hwy in medford at about 3 p. One year into his 30year sentence for robbing a bank in his massachusetts hometown of medford in 1980and while awaiting trial for a scam involving civil service exams this former police lieutenant here throws himself on the readers sympathy, aided by stevens, a book editor, with arguments that his five brethren in the robbery, two of them junkies, turned out to be less than honorable, and that his.
Salvatores medford square, is not just a fabulous restaurant offering unique. Salvatores medford square, is not just a fabulous restaurant offering unique cuisine at reasonable prices, this location is the site of the 1980 bank robbery made famous by the book. This is a list of bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies. But, in 1980, when six men dynamited their way into a bank in medford. Medford police searching for bank robbery suspect mail tribune. The norco shootout was an armed confrontation between five heavily armed bank robbers and deputies of the riverside county and san bernardino county sheriffs departments in norco, california, united states on may 9, 1980. While in prison for the robbery, gerald clemente penned the cops are robbers. The male robbery suspect is described by as a thin white man with a pale face. Bank robbery suspects john shepard and kimberly blank were caught last night at around 10. There was, for example, the report connolly wrote in connection with the famous bank robbery of depositors trust in medford over memorial day weekend in 1980.
A man walked into a springfield bank on tuesday and passed a note to tellers demanding money. Three corrupt cops ray sharkey, steve railsback, james keach plot to break into the depositors trust bank in medford, ma on memorial day weekend 1980. The man reportedly wrote on the note that it was a robbery and he had a gun. Thank you for visiting the newspaper archive collections. Suspect in bank robbery at mechanics bank in medford appears in. He faced three sets of bank robbery charges in 1980. The local police arrived and took them into custody without incident. Medford bank robbery suspect admits guilt kobitv nbc5. Two former policemen may be indicted in 1980 heist 0. Hes accused of allegedly robbing a queen bank on tuesday.
Six childhood friends one of whom was a regional safety inspector for dunbar ambushed the bank s guards one. According to police, young entered the chase bank on crater lake avenue about 3. Following a robbery gone wrong, a young member of penguins crew, financially struggling and desperate, must protect his daughter from threats on all ends and stay one step ahead of the batfamily, who have their own reasons for investigating the robbery. Best bank robbery books a list of books about bank robberiesreal or fiction. Saturday and handed a teller a note demanding cash, suffolk police sa. Two of the five perpetrators and one sheriffs deputy were killed, 9. Medford police searching for bank robbery suspect mail. Apocalyptic robbers botched a socal bank heist peter. As ringleader in 81 brinks robbery goes free, a plea for. One year into his 30year sentence for robbing a bank in his massachusetts hometown of medford in 1980and while awaiting trial for a scam involving civil service examsthis former police lieutenant here throws himself on the readers sympathy, aided by stevens, a book editor, with arguments that his five brethren in the robbery, two of them.