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Joseph Brodak is a Michigan man who committed serial bank robbery in the Metro Detroit area in the early 1990s and again in early 2000. Brodak was dubbed the "Mario Brothers Bandit" by the FBI because the disguise he wore (a large fake moustache, suspenders, and a newsboy cap) bore a resemblance to the main characters in the video game Super Mario Bros. Brodak was charged with 11 bank ...
The Flathead Gang, also known as The Flatheads, was a group of bank robbers.The gang was operating in the Detroit, Michigan area. When the police became a major problem for the gang they decided to move their robberies and other crimes to the state of Pennsylvania.
Radio commentator shot and killed after successful campaign to recall Detroit mayor [2] Tony Chebatoris: Midland: 1937-09-29: Bank robber who shot and killed a bystander while trying to escape; also the only man executed in Michigan [2] Carson James: Clawson: 1950: Former Marine sergeant killed his father and buried him beneath a cow shed in ...
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Both shootings were compared, however, the Detroit Police Chief described the shootings as more of a random act of violence by a mentally unstable individual than a carefully planned bank robbery. [6] [9] A fatal bank robbery in St. Louis, Missouri, that occurred a week after the Detroit shootings was said at the time to have been inspired by ...
1798 Bank of Pennsylvania heist - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1798, $162,821 (over $2.9 million today) Seafirst Bank robbery, Lakewood, Washington, February 1997, $4.5 million ($8.5 million in 2023) in cash, done by the Trenchcoat Robbers. [40] 1998 Bank of America robbery, 1998, $1.6 million ($3 million in 2023)
In August 1997, Mack's lover, Errolyn Romero, became employed at a Bank of America branch near the University of Southern California campus. On November 6, 1997, Mack entered the bank and claimed he wanted to access his safe deposit box. Romero admitted him to the secure area, where he threw her to the floor and robbed the vault of $722,000.