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Jeffrey E. Erickson (1958–1992) and Jill Sandra Erickson (née Cohen; 1964–1991) were an American married criminal couple from Illinois known for committing a series of violent bank robberies. The Ericksons are believed to have committed eight bank robberies in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1990 and 1991.
[8] [9] It was documented as “Biggest Bank Robbery” under “Curiosities and wonders” in Limca Book of Records. [10] [11] [12] The Chicago Sun-Times reported that "12 to 15 Sikhs dressed as policemen and armed with submachine guns and rifles escaped with nearly $4.5 million in the biggest bank robbery in Indian history." "No one was injured."
1988-05-20: 2: Mentally ill woman shot eight-year-old boy at elementary school and then committed suicide [21] Jeffrey and Jill Erickson: Chicago: 4: Bank robber killed a marshall and a police detective, then committed suicide [22] [23] Michael Alfonso: 1992, 2001: 2: Committed two murders, listed on FBI's Ten Most Wanted list: Brown's Chicken ...
“Heist 88,” a new Showtime release inspired by a real-life Chicago robbery from the year 1988, doesn’t trust … Bank robbers tend to be fairly easy to root for in movies. After all, it’s ...
November 6, 1930 – Forty-two-Gang member at the time and soon to be Outfit rising star Sam "Teets" Battaglia and two other thugs executed a brazenly stunning armed jewelry robbery on the, then, mayor of Chicago's wife, Mary Walker "Maysie" Thompson, as she walked into her apartment. The crooks ran off with $15,000 in Thompson's jewelry and ...
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Samuel Marks Humphrey was wanted for bank robbery and murder. He was arrested March 22, 1984, in Portland, Oregon. [19] Christopher Bernard Wilder #385 April 5, 1984 One week Christopher Bernard Wilder was killed in a shootout with police at a gas station in Colebrook, New Hampshire, on April 13, 1984. He was wanted for the murders of several ...
The Stockholm syndrome — initially dubbed “Norrmalmstorg syndrome,” after the square where the bank heist took place — has since been used in connection with hostage-takings around the ...