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,. An FBI agent told him that there had been a bank robbery an hour earlier. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION. Weeks said Cayuga County deputies seized a .32-caliber handgun and $52,342 in cash at the time Early was arrested. At least one robber is still free. Sheriff's Lt. Joseph J. Louis H. Early, 51, of Dewitt, N.Y., and Louis S. Early, 26, of Lisle, were charged in a criminal complaint with bank robbery. 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. Mr. On Tuesday, August 22, 2006, FBI agents searched Olingers private storage unit in Parkland (Pierce County) and found a black duffel bag containing two military-issue flash-bang grenades, one smoke grenade, and a homemade bomb. Their daughter eventually became close to the father she never knew, and recalled his life last week following . Reply in Supp. of Def. On Friday, February 20, 2009, Judge Burgess sentenced him to 12 years in federal prison plus five years of supervised release. 04 CR 970, 2020 WL 1663129, at *2 (N.D. Ill. Apr. The Sundance Kid and some of the notorious Wild Bunch robbed the bank on June 28, 1897. The younger Early was ordered held without bail in the Metropolitan Correctional Center downtown after his Wednesday court appearance in the Dirksen U.S. John Zaruba, who later was elected sheriff after Doria retired. See, e.g., United States v. Reyes, No. An ATM technician robbery in Tennessee ended with the arrests of four people from Houston -- including a rapper and the father of Darius Dugas Jr. Early's history and characteristics; the nature and circumstances of the crimes; due consideration of the seriousness of the crimes; promoting respect for the law; providing just punishment; affording adequate deterrence; protecting the public from further crimes by Mr. 1935. After hearing about Sommers arrest, Robertsonss parents contacted the RCMP declaring Tigra was sorry for what he had done and wanted to turn himself in. 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. The other, Billie Allen, 19, was arrested early Tuesday at a house in south St. Louis. In March 2012 two robbers were arrested. 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. A 175-lb. Matt Bartosik is a Chicago native and a social media sovereign. One of the men shot and killed a man at the bank, the . September 22, 2006, p. B-1; David Bowermaster, Tacoma Bank Robbed to Start Crime Family?, Ibid,. This Court denied the motion, saying this: "The Court appreciates Mr. In 1793, Scotsman Patrick Lyon arrived off the boat in Philadelphia, looking to seek his fortune and play his part in the American Dream. 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. A man arrested on Saturday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation has confessed to robbing 56 banks in California, Texas and Washington over eight years, often with the help of his wife. By happenstance, the bank robbers had removed the rear license plate from the car, but neglected to remove the one from the front bumper. On Tuesday, police captured a man suspected of serial bank robbery after a high-speed chase through the Quad-Cities. Mr. 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. Early was once employed as a police officer with the DuPage County's Sheriff's Office. Early almost that much, permitting his release to an RRC eight months before the end of his sentence. Man Sentenced in Army Rangers Bank Heist, Ibid., February 20, 2009, p. B-1; Mike Carter, Canadian Sentenced to 10 Years in Ranger bank robbery, Ibid., March 20, 2009, p. B1; Bank Robbery Press Releases, U.S. Attorneys Office, Western District of Washington website accessed March 2009 (www.usdoj.gov/usao/wa/press/bankrobbery.html); Robber Enters Plea on New Charges, The Seattle Times, September 28, 2009. p. B-4; Christine Clarridge, Murder Plot, Prison Attack May Mean 20 More Years, Ibid., January 5, 2010, p. B-8; Mike Carter, Bank-Robbing army Ranger Sentenced for Plotting to Kill Federal Prosecutor, Ibid., March 8, 2010, p. B-1. Public Domain/Wikimedia The men thought they'd take the bank for around $30,000. The father and son face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. The question, essentially, boils down to whether the Court should eliminate his last seven weeks in prison and his two months of halfway house confinement. The parachutist, a former Kentucky narcotics investigator, had . 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 . Palmer was the first defendant to accept a plea bargain, which included an agreement to be a prosecution witness. Not that many people in their sixties commit crimes, but the same is true of people in their fifties, and Mr. Early would have been released to an RRC nine months before the end of his prison sentence. Sommer was ordered held without bond and booked into the Seatac Federal Detention Center to await further court proceedings in Tacoma. 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. 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. harvnb error: no target: CITEREFSingh,_Gurpreet1996 (, The bank robbery few people recall Sheridan County Historical Society October 3, 2014, Four masked gunmen who stole $3.3 million in the UPI archives April 23, 1981, 1984 Sydney bank robbery and hostage crisis, The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord, "A Secret Tunnel Leading Toward a Florida Bank Puzzles the F.B.I. Each. He was released on federal supervised release in September 2008. 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. At the time, Early was in the midst of a divorce. This, in the Court's view, qualifies as an extraordinary reason warranting consideration of a reduction of Mr. 1B1.13, app. "We saw a large amount of cash in an open black leather briefcase," Weeks said. note 1(D). 8. Alex M. Blum, the Ranger who drove the getaway car, appeared before Judge Burgess on Friday, March 13, 2009, and was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison plus five years of supervised release. There were NO interstates then. 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. 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. After being taken into custody, Sheriffs Investigators discovered evidence linking the senior EARLY to the Wheaton robbery. In 1989, Mr. no. On Tuesday night, June 27, 2007, Sommer celebrated his 21st birthday with family and friends. 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. Early's counsel suggests that he committed the bank robberies for which he is now imprisoned because he was suffering from depression and under the influence of drugs. While two robbers with automatic rifles covered the banks entrances, the other two, with handguns, moved swiftly to confront the tellers. He served additional prison time due to the parole revocation. The Free Encyclopedia of Washington State History. 103). Arresting the Robbers. A search warrant was executed at the Lilac Avenue house late Thursday evening, and the defendants were arrested and taken into custody. Early's record would find it quite likely that he will commit additional crimes once he is released. On January 23, at the Seatac Federal Detention Center, Sommer, believing thatDunmall had informed the FBI about his plan to murder a federal prosecutor, attacked him with an improvised knife made from a part of a stair-step exercise machine. 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." 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. 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). According to the bank surveillance camera, the robbery, executed with military precision, took place in just two minutes and 21 seconds. Sommers bid for freedom, however, was short-lived. 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. 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. no. 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. -----. Philly was the home of the United States government back then, so it made sense he'd be realizing his ambitions there. And so ended an extremely dismal chapter in the history of the U.S. Armys 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Lewis. August 14, 2006, p. B-2; Michael Gilbert, Bank Heist Went Like Combat Drill, Ibid,. He was released on a $25,000 surety bond, with the promise to return to the United States for further court proceedings. Early was arrested in New York for bank robbery, pled guilty, and was given another sentence of 18 months to three years. Luke Sommer still doesnt understand how bad what he did really was (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). On August 7, 2006, four men brandishing weapons rob the Bank of America branch in South Tacoma of $54,011. 8 million stolen, 500,000 recovered. While there, Sommer gave RCMP investigators a lengthy videotaped statement, admitting that he was the ringleader, planned the heist, and supplied the weapons. And if and when that happens, it is likely to spread more quickly than in the general population due to, among other things, the difficulty of accomplishing social distancing in a prison environment and the constant influx of people coming and going from outside the prison, including correctional staff. Early's release, including "clothes, housing, medical care and employment to ensure his entry back into society." In short, it is fair to say that for the past thirty-five years, Mr. Masterminded by. Authorities later verified the hotel room and car were obtained in the younger man's name, the federal complaint said. LOUIS - An early morning bank robbery followed by a bomb threat Saturday forced parts of St. Charles Rock Road in St. Ann closed. Gttig was arrested August 30 and Lindorff Larsen committed suicide after having fled the police. 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. Both received lengthy prison terms. In 2009, Mr. Perhaps more significantly, the Bureau of Prisons directed that Mr. Mr. 2113(a) & (e). A now-retired judge of this court sentenced him to a prison term of 160 months, a little over thirteen years. Courthouse before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney I. Schenkier. Puparo has put together a comprehensive text of all the information available on St. Louis' gangland, describing wars, hits, murders, and alliances that occurred in the city from the 1900s up until now. It was done in need," Zaruba is quoted in old court records while trying to get Early to confess. 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. He was nicknmaned ``The Shootist because he fired shots into bank . On Thursday, July 19, 2007, the RCMP, acting on an anonymous tip, arrested Sommer at a pay-telephone booth in Richmond, approximately 20 miles south of Vancouver, B.C. Gambling casinos are considered hard targets and Byrne recommended Sommer and his gang rob banks instead. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. 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. America's First Bank Robbery was Nearly the Perfect Crime. 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. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the conviction today. This isn't Louis H. Early's first brush with the law in DuPage County. 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. Luke Sommer's Case. One morning, Bounderby charges in upon Harthouse and Louisa, announcing that the bank has been robbed of roughly 150 pounds. In Count I, he was found guilty of killing Dan Kriegel in the course of committing the larceny and in Count III, he was found guilty of killing Dawn Kriegel in . The four Houstonians were found 40 miles outside . 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. He waived his right to a preliminary hearing May 1 during his first federal court appearance. The jury . At 9:17 that cold, drizzly Monday morning in December, a man had demanded money from a teller at the Bank United. The robbery is one of the most audacious and dangerous bank heists ever committed in Washington state. He told investigators that Blum and Private First Class Chad W. Palmer, age 20, had been discussing doing a job and had been meeting privately with another Ranger, 20-year-old Specialist Fourth Class Luke Elliott Sommer. 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. When a six-year-old boy named Bobby Greenlease, Jr. was kidnapped, a massive effort to. Early; and providing him with any necessary services and treatment. The league's president, Kevin Robillard, accepted the. 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. But the sentence reduction is conditioned upon a modification of Mr. Midtown bank robber gets away with about $500 cash, NYPD says March 21, 2022 | 3:07pm A robber ripped off a TD Bank at East 57th Street and Third Avenue Monday afternoon -- handing a teller a. Police mug shots of James Earl Ray, 31, after his arrest Oct. 10, 1959, in the armed robbery of a Kroger . Louis S. Early is free on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond. 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[1], In 1987, Labh Singh (Sukhdev Singh Sukha) allegedly masterminded[7] what was at that time the largest bank robbery in Indian history, netting almost 60million (58 million rupees-US$4.5 million) from Millar Ganj branch of Punjab National Bank, Ludhiana;[7] a part of this stolen money belonged to the Reserve Bank of India, India's central bank. In October 2018, Mr. Aug 13, 2018 Steve Palace. On Wednesday, July 1, 2009, a complaint against Luke Sommer was unsealed in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, charging him with assaulting Nathan Dunmall with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder. According to the complaint, FBI Agents in Chicago and Officers of the NPD were investigating the March 9th robbery of the Fifth Third Bank branch, located at 1311 Ridgeland in Naperville, when the same unidentified individual was believed to have struck again, robbing the TCF Bank branch in Wheaton. 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. Mr. 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. "Some of it was stacked in bricks of plastic shrink wrap similar to vault money. This offense also led to a criminal charge to which Mr. Click here to sign up for the 76 Metascore. On this day, April 24, in 1953, robbers were gunned down in what became known as the Great St. Louis Bank Robbery. LOUIS H. EARLY is in state custody in New York, pending his removal to Chicago to face the charge filed here. In 2005 he was charged with conspiracy to defraud the IRS in a case involving his preparation and filing, in 2002, of dozens of fraudulent tax returns in the name of fictitious companies, with refunds totaling over $130,000. December 6, 2006, p. A-1; Charges in Heist, Ibid,. December 9, 2006, p. B-2; Adam Lynn, Ex-Ranger Pleads Guilty in Robbery, Ibid,. Mr. 130).). The younger Early acted as a getaway driver for his father in the Naperville heist and helped plan the Wheaton robbery, selecting both a date and time when the son, who was an assistant bank manager at the TCF, would be working, the news release said. This movie is an authentic recreation of the '53 robbery, except the vehicles are late 50s. But that's just the most recent episode; it disregards the rest of his history. 's Status Report of May 1, 2020 (dkt. Early's criminal history and the need to protect the public from further crimes by him. 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. 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. [11], 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." 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). The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery is shot in black and white and is from the noir film movement. The Court reminds Mr. The exact number of men who entered the town and gathered together in front of the Clay County Savings Association differs; according to accounts it was anywhere from ten to fourteen. Police Search For Man Behind 3 Bank Robberies In Brooklyn. Mot. But prosecutors allege that younger Early wasn't surprised to see his father there. Casetext, Inc. and Casetext are not a law firm and do not provide legal advice. His assistant intimidated tellers and customers with a large 9-mm Springfield XD pistol. Palmer was the first defendant to accept a plea bargain, which included an agreement to be a prosecution witness. In the latest allegation, tellers reported a man threatened them with a gun at 4:05 p.m. March 9 at Fifth Third Bank, 1311 Ridgeland Ave., Naperville, before fleeing with $9,322. 127), Ex. CID agents interviewed numerous Rangers, including Sommers platoon sergeant, who all stated that his claims of atrocities were absurd and patently untrue. Mr. He is hired to help the would be bank robbers stick up a local bank. The charge relates to the March 18th robbery of the TCF Bank branch, located in the Danada Square Shopping Center in Wheaton. His assistant collected the money from the teller stations and took $20,000 from a money cart inside the vault. He pleaded not guilty before District Court Judge Franklin D. Burgess (1935-2010) and was released on bond. 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. 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. See https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-at-higher-risk.html (last visited May 2, 2020). On Monday, August 14, Robertson was charged in U.S. District Court in Tacoma with armed bank robbery. The complaint further charged Sommer with solicitation of a crime of violence. The federal prosecution of a serial bank robber who briefly terrorized the St. Louis metropolitan area took an important step forward today. Not too long after that, he returned to Illinois, where he committed the bank robberies that led to the sentence he is now serving. The Court reduces Mr. Mr. 2113(a) and one count of using a firearm in connection with a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. Like most big cities, St. Louis has a long criminal history filled with pickpockets, robbers, bootleggers, mobsters, and gangsters. 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. He had departed Fort Lewis early Tuesday morning, just a few hours before the FBI arrived, and taken a 9:00 a.m. Frontier Airlines flight from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Denver. That afternoon, he was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Seattle and pleaded not guilty to the charges in the indictment. Louis H. Early, 54, was . In 2010, Mr. DENVER The Father's Day armed robberies and murders at the United Bank building were one of the biggest crimes in Denver history. "The elder Early then entered the bank on the pretext of opening a checking account. Both men's attorneys, Helen Kim and Brendan Shiller, did not return Daily Herald phone calls seeking comment. And it would be cutting his prison sentence by only seven weeks. February 8, 2007, p. A-1; David Bowermaster, Two Ex-Rangers to Admit Guilt in Bank Heist, Ibid,. Mr. They found distinctive Bank of America money bands, clothing used in the heist, military-issue body armor, guns, and ammunition. May 28, 2008, p.B-2; Adam Lynn, Ex-Ranger Gets 24 Years for Tacoma Bank Job, Ibid,. His parole was revoked, and he ultimately pled guilty and was given another prison term. He pled guilty to grand larceny in 1990 and was sentenced a short prison term, followed by probation, which was revoked later in 1990 when he was arrested after committing a series of bank robberies. The next question is whether a reduction "is consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission." Police investigate a March 9 robbery inside the Fifth Third Bank at 1311 Ridgeland Ave. in Naperville. His ultimate release date is February 25, 2021, a little under ten months from now. Early if he contracts coronavirus, as reliable information places him in a higher-risk category. Early pled guilty to two counts of bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. Early is not over 70 years old), the statute provides that. A group of men in ski masks entered the building using a key that Pace had kept after he was fired. Oh-so-coincidentally, the next day, six bandits got into the garage with keys in hand, then tied up . They said the father told them his son drove a red 2002 Toyota as the getaway car in the first heist, and that they both stayed the next night in a Naperville hotel room. 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. The Court grants the motion for early release and reduces Mr. A gang's plans for a St Louis bank robbery become complicated when one of the thieves'. EDITORS NOTE: Copies of the criminal complaint filed in this case are available from the Chicago FBIs press office at (312) 829-1199. The case eluded officials for decades, until an obituary appeared online and family secrets began to unravel. (To be sure, under the plan approved by the BOP, Mr. Weeks said they recovered a loaded .32-caliber revolver, $52,342 cash, federal reserve bank documents and a police scanner. Sommer had originally planned to rob Chips Casino in Lakewood, but only Byrne was old enough to enter the gambling establishment. Ajanta Publications,India. So, especially if your an old St. Louis resident or just want to see how it looked with the old 50's cars, cheap gas, and a nostalgic hamburger fast food shop, I highly recommend you watch this movie: "The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery" Any comments or visitors you may e-mail me at: tpastorello@valornet.com The FBI alleges the man in the photo is Louis H. Early. 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. Sarah Michelle Gellar nearly bared it all in a sheer black mesh bra that offered viewers plenty. He said a press release from the Cape. The most significant factor here, in the Court's view, involves Mr. Subsequent investigation by the FBI and CCSO developed additional evidence linking both men to the two robberies and resulting in the charges announced today. Early was fifty-one when he committed the bank robberies for which he is now serving time. Dunmall suffered a minor stab wound and multiple cuts and bruises, but didnt require hospitalization. And Mr. Said Mr. Grant These arrests show once again the importance of an effective working relationship between federal and local law enforcement agencies in combating violent crime.. 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. Early contends that the coronavirus outbreak poses a great risk to his health and life as long as he remains incarcerated. But that is not the case. 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