In 1959, Charles Guggenheim shot a film noir about the robbery and actually filmed it in St. Louis using locations such at the bank, Tower Grove Park and the old South City Famous-Barr store . On September 17, 2006, a British Columbia judge released Sommer on bond, but placed him under home confinement at his mothers residence in Peachland, with an electronic ankle bracelet. Louis Early Owner at PWSR Experts, LLC. How the feds discovered that Martin Luther King's killer was a small-time St. Louis robber. On Wednesday, August 9, FBI agents arrested Alex Blum at his parents home in Greenwood Village, Colorado. This movie is an authentic recreation of the '53 robbery, except the vehicles are late 50s. On Friday, August 11, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), E Division, Serious Crime Section arrested Luke Sommer in a supermarket at the Peachland Centre Mall. The other, Billie Allen, 19, was arrested early Tuesday at a house in south St. Louis. 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. While two robbers with automatic rifles covered the banks entrances, the other two, with handguns, moved swiftly to confront the tellers. Attorneys Michael Dion and Jill Otake to help facilitate extradition proceedings. In September 1953, St. Louis agents became involved in one of the Bureau's most famous kidnapping cases. Most of us traveled by Private Passenger Rail. In the meantime, Sommers defense attorney, Steven J. Krupa, entered into plea negotiations with Assistant U.S. Sommer and his gang were prepared for combat. Five soldiers and two Canadian citizens will be charged with involvement in the crime. The jury found defendant guilty on two counts. The Court grants the motion for early release and reduces Mr. See United States v. Early, 2020 WL 2112371, at *5 (N.D., Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LOUIS H. EARLY, Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION, finding that the risk to the public "does not outweigh the risk to [defendant] from contracting the coronavirus while incarcerated," particularly where "the Probation Office and the Court will be monitoring him while on supervised the release and the Court will not hesitate to recommit him to prison should he again go astray. This is a list of bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies. Louis H. Early, 54, was . On Monday, August 14, Robertson was charged in U.S. District Court in Tacoma with armed bank robbery. Weeks said they recovered a loaded .32-caliber revolver, $52,342 cash, federal reserve bank documents and a police scanner. At least one robber is still free. Like most big cities, St. Louis has a long criminal history filled with pickpockets, robbers, bootleggers, mobsters, and gangsters. The family that robs together, stays together in jail, that is. Early's criminal history and the need to protect the public from further crimes by him. In announcing the arrests, Mr. Grant recognized Cayuga County Sheriff David S. Gould and the officers of his department for the professional manner in which they conducted their investigation. 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. 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." 127), Ex. Marshal Service pending sentencing. A 175-lb. Unfortunately, Sommer had neglected to advise his fellow conspirators of his grandiose plan. 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. 04 CR 970, 2020 WL 1663129, at *2 (N.D. Ill. Apr. Early. of Def. a predetermined code that indicated that (the son) was doing well,' the declaration stated. Early resigned that Sept. 10, days after being suspended, during an internal investigation led by then-Sgt. 600 million yen robbery incident in Tachikawa, Tokyo, May 2011. The federal prosecution of a serial bank robber who briefly terrorized the St. Louis metropolitan area took an important step forward today. It was carried out by two men, Danish salesman Lindorff Larsen and a German machinist Gttig, armed with revolvers; the two got away with 9000 Danish kroner. The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery is shot in black and white and is from the noir film movement. 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. Documentary Chicago family son Father Crime FBI robbery bank heist Federal Bureau of Investigations vice_videos:premiere Louis Early TWEET More from HOW TO ROB A BANK HOW TO ROB A BANK 44:33 Early has now filed a motion seeking immediate release under section 603(b) of the First Step Act, which amended 18 U.S.C. He said Sommer intended to use money from bank robberies to start a outlaw motorcycle gang in Kelowna and challenge the Hells Angels for control of drug trafficking and other lucrative criminal enterprises in British Columbia. 51 of the St. Louis, Iron . Early's supervised release conditions already require substance abuse testing and treatment and mental health treatment. Wednesday marks 30 years . 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. He served additional prison time due to the parole revocation. Authorities later verified the hotel room and car were obtained in the younger man's name, the federal complaint said. Early's supervised release to require him to spend the first six months of supervised release in home confinement, living with his son Louis S. Early, under the same conditions that would apply if he were on home confinement in connection with a Bureau of Prisons commitment to a Residential Reentry Center. In addition, Sommer was charged with four counts of possession of an unregistered machine gun, three counts of possession of a hand grenade, and one count of possession of a homemade bomb. 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. June 30, 2007, p. B-1; David Bowermaster, Army Calls Rangers War-Crime Claim Baseless, Ibid,. This offense also led to a criminal charge to which Mr. 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. 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. "We saw a large amount of cash in an open black leather briefcase," Weeks said. Subsequent investigation by the FBI and CCSO developed additional evidence linking both men to the two robberies and resulting in the charges announced today. The 27-year-old from Lisle is accused of plotting the robbery with his dad. Two men shot and killed a bank security guard in Indiana to rob nearly $10,000 in order to pay off the bills of an amateur football team one of the men owned . Louis Howard Early is being held without bond while awaiting formal indictment. Southern District of Alabama | United States District Court 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. 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. Early, who had relocated to New York, was charged with grand larceny, apparently involving issuance of bad checks (though this is not completely clear from the presentence report in the present case). [8][9] It was documented as Biggest Bank Robbery under Curiosities and wonders in Limca Book of Records. It was only after the big bank robbery at Ludhiana in February 1987 that they could purchase sophisticated weapons; there was only one sten gun in the entire state. and AK-47 rifles. Couldn't they just go fishing? He admitted to investigators that he stored Sommers weapons and the explosive devices, but claimed he was neither privy to nor involved in the bank robbery. On Friday, February 27, 2009, Judge Burgess sentenced Richard A. Olinger, a minor player who stored explosive devices for Sommer in his private storage unit, to five years probation. SEATTLE (AP) _ A serial bank robber dubbed ``The Shootist has been sentenced to 92 years in prison and ordered to pay back the loot: nearly $900,000. The next question is whether a reduction "is consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission." LOUIS - An early morning bank robbery followed by a bomb threat Saturday forced parts of St. Charles Rock Road in St. Ann closed. Caisse d'Espargne bank, 1980, Paris, $11.5 million. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) terms this extremely violent method a takeover or take-charge robbery. 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. Reedel, Aprill 24, 1953, three men and a getaway driver attempted to rob the Southwest Bank on the corner of Southwest Avenue and S. Kingshighway Boulevard in St. Louis, MO. A group of men in ski masks entered the building using a key that Pace had kept after he was fired. One morning, Bounderby charges in upon Harthouse and Louisa, announcing that the bank has been robbed of roughly 150 pounds. The FBI learned that Blum was a Private First Class (E-3) assigned to Company C, Second Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Lewis. Early's sentence to time served, it would be cutting his overall sentence by a little over nine months, meaning that he would serve 133 months in custody as compared with 142. 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. During the nineteenth century, travelers on steam locomotives were at risk for train robberies. Weeks said Cayuga County deputies seized a .32-caliber handgun and $52,342 in cash at the time Early was arrested. August 13, 2006, p. B-1; Joe Mullin, Fourth Suspect Held in Robbery, Ibid,. [9], Khalistan Commando Force members who allegedly participated in the robbery included Harjinder Singh Jinda, Mathra Singh,[12] Paramjit Singh Panjwar,[13] Satnam Singh Bawa,[14] Gurnam Singh Bundala,[15] Sukhdev Singh Sukha, Daljit Singh Bittu,[16][17][18] Gursharan Singh Gamma[16][17] and Pritpal Singh.[19]. Early's record would find it quite likely that he will commit additional crimes once he is released. Mr. Louis S. Early is free on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond. This isn't Louis H. Early's first brush with the law in DuPage County. She maintained her son was not a naturally violent person and should not be considered a risk to the public. Casetext, Inc. and Casetext are not a law firm and do not provide legal advice. Seafirst Bank, Lakewood, Washington, February 1997, $4.5 million ($7.5million in 2021) in cash. 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 assistant intimidated tellers and customers with a large 9-mm Springfield XD pistol. 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. December 6, 2006, p. A-1; Charges in Heist, Ibid,. All the defendants agreed to testify against Sommer at trial. 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 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. 09 CR 282 (N.D. Ill. May. Reply in Supp. 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). Mr. They found distinctive Bank of America money bands, clothing used in the heist, military-issue body armor, guns, and ammunition. But that's just the most recent episode; it disregards the rest of his history. In furtherance of his plan, on two occasions in March 2009, Sommer offered an undercover FBI task force officer $20,000 to kill Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Dion, who prosecuted the bank robbery case. On Tuesday, May 27, Sommer appeared before Judge Franklin D. Burgess in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, armed bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and possession of an unregistered destructive device (a grenade). Early's son was his co-defendant in the robbery case, he has been out of prison for eight years, has obtained a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, and appears to have been completely rehabilitated. When it comes to weapons, 44.8% of robbers used strong-arm tactics, 36.4% used firearms, and 8.5% used knives or cutting instruments. Early also contends that the conditions at FCI Terre Haute, where he is incarcerated, also put him at greater risk of contracting the virus. His father was in state custody in New York, pending his transfer to Chicago, the FBI said. 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. When a six-year-old boy named Bobby Greenlease, Jr. was kidnapped, a massive effort to. The first bank robbery in Denmark occurred August 18, 1913 in the bank Sparekassen for Kbenhavn og Omegn at sterbro in Copenhagen. The Court notes that if it had made the requested recommendation and the Bureau of Prisons had then followed it, Mr. Living St. Louis recorded the actual events of the robbery on one of their episodes. The only suspect is Stephen Blackpool, who was seen loitering outside the bank late at night, shortly before fleeing from Coketown. He was released to the custody of 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Lewis pending sentencing. During an interview on September 28, Scott Byrne told FBI agents that he helped Sommer plan the heist, but declined to take part in the operation. Subsequent investigation by the FBI and Cayuga County sheriff's office developed additional evidence linking both men to the two robberies and resulting in the charges announced today.". Early was once employed as a police officer with the DuPage County's Sheriff's Office. Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer. Dandre R. Brown, 30, of Godfrey, Illinois, pleaded guilty to a six-count federal indictment charging him with five counts of bank robbery and one count of transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines. ", The 54-year-old Early was found out when FBI agents arrested him in DeWitt, New York, on an unrelated case and spotted a hefty supply of cash labeled "Federal Reserve Bank.". It looked very suspicious, like it could be proceeds of a bank robbery, so we called the FBI and got a search warrant.". Early; and providing him with any necessary services and treatment. At 5:15 p.m. on Monday, August 7, 2006, four men, wearing soft body armor under loose clothing and balaclavas, stormed into the Bank of America branch at 5813 S Tacoma Way, brandishing semiautomatic pistols and fully automatic Russian AK-47 assault rifles, forcing people in the lobby to the floor. He said a press release from the Cape. Louis H. Early, a former DuPage County deputy sheriff, pleaded guilty to robbing a TCF bank, located inside a grocery store, where his son Louis S. Early worked as an assistant manager, reports the Daily Herald. Both men were charged with first-degree murder and robbery. Early's supervised release conditions to require a six-month period of home confinement. [1] During his forty-year robbery career he stole an estimated $2 million, and he eventually spent more than half of his adult life in prison and escaped three times. His parole was revoked, and he ultimately pled guilty and was given another prison term. His story was that the bank robbery and his subsequent capture was a political statement, orchestrated to expose war crimes being committed by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, the roommate also saw AK-47 assault rifles, handguns, and grenades in their rooms, all in violation of strict army regulations regarding the possession and storage of weapons and explosive devices. As part of the bank robbery conspiracy, the Bassetts drove to St. Louis County from Memphis, TN, to stay at Anthony McAllister's house on Lilac Avenue the night before the planned bank robbery. The assistant manager later told authorities he did not recognize the robber, who ordered the two bank employees to empty the vault, except for the dye packs and bait bills, and then instructed them to get down on the floor and count to 200. 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. In March 2004, Mr. On Friday, December 12, 2008, Judge Burgess sentenced Sommer to an agreed-upon 24 years in federal prison, plus five years of supervised release. Early's son has submitted a lengthy letter to the Court saying that he has been able to reconnect with his father during his time in custody and has developed a much stronger and better bond. A gang's plans for a St. Louis bank robbery are complicated when the sister of one of the thieves starts voicing her well-founded suspicions. In 1989, Mr. 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,. The film is now in the public domain. All will eventually plead guilty and be sent to federal prison. According to the bank surveillance camera, the robbery, executed with military precision, took place in just two minutes and 21 seconds. Early had a heart attack at some point when he was in custody at the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center. Tupungato/Shutterstock In September. Finally, in early May 2008, Sommer agreed to be extradited from Canada. Early life. In both. 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. See U.S.S.G. Under the terms of his plea bargain, Sommer agreed to plead guilty to four felony counts and a sentence of 24 years in federal prison. The most significant factor here, in the Court's view, involves Mr. And Mr. December 9, 2006, p. B-1; David Bowermaster, The Army Ranger Who Robbed a Bank, Ibid,. Both robberies remained unsolved until LOUIS H. EARLYs arrest in New York. The 51-year-old New York man and his son, Louis S. Early, 26, of Lisle, are accused of making off with about $70,000 after sticking up two banks in March in Naperville and Wheaton. 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. The St. Louis Bank Robbery: Directed by Charles Guggenheim, John Stix. The Getaway Car, An alert bystander, who had been watching the drama unfold, copied down the Colorado license plate on the getaway car and reported it to police officers responding to the silent alarm. 2113(a) and one count of using a firearm in connection with a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. Early Jr. presents a check from his county's drug forfeiture funds to Gardner Youth Baseball & Softball League to help improve their field. Sommer claimed to have witnessed robbery, rape, and murders by troops while serving tours of duty in these countries in 2004 and 2005. His parole was revoked a second time when he was arrested in 1999 for grand larceny after stealing $5,600 that his employer had entrusted to him to pay distributors of the employer's product. They took at least 32 million euros in gold, precious stones and cash. Courthouse before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney I. Schenkier. 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. The four Houstonians were found 40 miles outside . March 13, 2007, p. B2; Ex-Ranger Suspected in Robbery Back in U.S., Ibid,. The following Friday, March 20, Nathan R. Dunmall, a Canadian citizen from Chilliwack, B.C who wielded a fully automatic AK-47 inside the bank, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Bryan and was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison plus five years of supervised release. So Mr. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Sheriff's Lt. Joseph J. The 51-year-old New York man and his son, Louis S. Early, 26, of Lisle, are accused of making off with about $70,000 after sticking up two banks in March in Naperville and Wheaton. On Tuesday morning, August 8, FBI agents found the vehicle sitting inside a fenced parking lot at the Ranger compound and immediately had it impounded as evidence. The league's president, Kevin Robillard, accepted the. Shot and killed by federal agents. Based on current monetary standards, the Manhattan bank heist amounts to approximately $65 million today, far surpassing any previous robberies. An alert bystander sees the bandits exit from an automobile wearing balaclavas and carrying handguns and assault rifles, then return three minutes later with duffel bags, jump back into the vehicle, and speed away. He was released on a $25,000 surety bond, with the promise to return to the United States for further court proceedings. Click here to sign up for the St. Louis Police foiled the robbery, which became the focus of a 1959 movie, Hea St. Louis Bank Robbery. 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. Whitney L. Williams Jr. about 4:50 p.m. entered the TD Bank at 2417 Park. In many situations, halfway house placement provides necessary lead time to permit a released offender to develop a plan for, among other things, where he is going to live and what he going to do once he leaves the halfway house. The Sundance Kid and some of the notorious Wild Bunch robbed the bank on June 28, 1897. Gordon "Butch" Earley, Jr. appeals his conviction of bank larceny of the Grinnell State Bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. He was sentenced to a federal prison term of 33 months, at least part of which seems to have been served concurrently with his state bank robbery sentence. In the second heist, in Wheaton, Louis H. Early said his son helped plan the inside job and provided him with a rented 2009 Chevy Malibu used to flee. A former DuPage County deputy sheriff was sentenced to 13 years and four months in federal prison Wednesday for a pair of 2009 bank robberies in Wheaton and Naperville. ISBN9788120204539. If convicted, the father and son each face up to 20 years in prison. William Francis Sutton Jr. (June 30, 1901 - November 2, 1980) was an American bank robber. Photo: Stanislav Kozlovskiy / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. That said, the Court cannot discount the risk to Mr. By happenstance, the bank robbers had removed the rear license plate from the car, but neglected to remove the one from the front bumper. 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. Please. 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. The youngest Richardson child, 10-year-old Robert Jr., said that he, like his brother Justus, used to tell people his dad was on a business trip. Early pled guilty to two counts of bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. One of them was a security guard at the bank. The former deputy sheriff was indicted Aug. 5, 1984, on official misconduct and theft charges alleging he stole $5,000 in inmate bail money while working in the DuPage County jail under former Sheriff Richard Doria. 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. Mot. Votes: 378,878 | Gross: $88.51M. Early's parole was revoked not once but twice. Believing it to be a bank heist, the witness copies down the license plate and gives it to the Tacoma police. Sarah Michelle Gellar nearly bared it all in a sheer black mesh bra that offered viewers plenty. An image of the March 9 robbery of the Fifth Third Bank at 1311 Ridgeland Ave. in Naperville. Barker, Fred and Kate. He was remanded to the custody of the U.S. They also found two rifles belonging to Sommer inside Olingers pickup truck. Perhaps more significantly, the Bureau of Prisons directed that Mr. 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. 540 million yen robbery incident in Fukutoku Bank Kobe branch, August 1994. 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