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Mastermind Dave Purvis is a professional criminal who devises a scheme to rob an armored car on its last pickup of the day. He recruits Benny McBride, who brings Mapes & Foster to complete the gang of thieves.
On September 12, 1997, six men robbed the Dunbar Armored facility on Mateo St. in Downtown Los Angeles, California of US$18.9 million [1] (equivalent to $35.9 million in 2023).
Mar 5, 2022 · FBI agents and police track down a gang that specialises in armoured-car takedowns. As the robberies grow more violent, they launch a complex sting.It’s a br...
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Apr 6, 2024 · The 1997 armed robbery of nearly $19 million at the Los Angeles Dunbar Armored Co. depot was the largest cash robbery in U.S. history at the time, according to the Los Angeles Times. That caper, during which five armed robbers in black clothing and masks tied up a handful of workers at the depot, was planned with the help of a former ...
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- The Great Plymouth Mail Truck Robbery. On Aug. 14, 1962, two men pretending to be police officers erected a barricade on a highway near Boston and detoured an armored mail truck into a dead end.
- The Brooklyn Deli Caper. On Nov. 19, 1969, three guards driving a Wells Fargo truck dropped by Aqueduct Racetrack in Brooklyn, New York, and picked up $2 million.
- The Brentwood Purolator Robbery. On St. Patrick’s Day in 1982, two men entered the Purolator Armored Terminal in Brentwood, Pennsylvania, and told a security guard they were FBI agents acting on a tip that a robbery was about to transpire.
- The Grouchy Robber Ripoff. Philip Noel Johnson toiled 10 years as an armored car driver, hauling millions of dollars around Florida and Georgia for $7 an hour.
Jul 5, 2015 · The police believe that two cars were used in the robbery, and both cars were stolen in Montreal, while the plates were stolen in Ottawa. Investigators have DNA profiles of the three robbers, plus a female accomplice, but they have not found a match.
Armored Car Robbery: Directed by Richard Fleischer. With Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley. A well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.
