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  2. Bank robbery - Wikipedia

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    Bank robbery is the criminal act of stealing from a bank, specifically while bank employees and customers are subjected to force, violence, or a threat of violence. This refers to robbery of a bank branch or teller , as opposed to other bank-owned property, such as a train , armored car , or (historically) stagecoach .

  3. Robbery laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    2–6 years in prison, a $2,000-500,000 fine, and 3 years of supervised release. If the victim was 70 years or older or was disabled, 4–12 years in prison, and 4 years of supervised release with an additional 5 years, and a $500,000. Aggravated robbery. 4–16 years in prison, a $750,000 fine, and 5 years of supervised release.

  4. 1995 Greater Pittsburgh bank robberies - Wikipedia

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    History. On January 6, 1995, McArthur Wheeler [a] and Clifton Earl Johnson robbed two banks in the Greater Pittsburgh area at gunpoint. [3][4] At 2:47 p.m., at the Swissvale branch of Mellon Bank, one of them stuck up the teller with a semi-automatic handgun while the other waited in line. [2] They left together after obtaining US$5,200 ...

  5. Willie Sutton - Wikipedia

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    Willie Sutton. William Francis Sutton Jr. (June 30, 1901 – November 2, 1980) was an American bank robber. [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. For his talent at executing robberies in disguises, he gained two ...

  6. Jacques Mesrine - Wikipedia

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    Assassination, bank robbery, burglary, kidnapping. Penalty. 20 years. Jacques Mesrine (French pronunciation: [ʒak mɛʁin, mɛsʁin]; [a] 28 December 1936 – 2 November 1979) was a French criminal responsible for numerous murders, bank robberies, burglaries, and kidnappings in France, the US, and Canada. Mesrine repeatedly escaped from prison ...

  7. Hell or High Water (film) - Wikipedia

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    Hell or High Water is a 2016 American neo-Western crime drama film directed by David Mackenzie and written by Taylor Sheridan.It follows two brothers (Chris Pine and Ben Foster) who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch, while being pursued by two Texas Rangers (Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham).

  8. O. J. Simpson robbery case - Wikipedia

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    State of Nevada v. Orenthal James Simpson, et al, Case Number: 07C237890-4. was a criminal case prosecuted in 2007–2008 in the U.S. state of Nevada, primarily involving the retired American football player O. J. Simpson. On the night of September 13, 2007, a group of men led by Simpson entered a room in the Palace Station hotel in Las Vegas ...

  9. Life imprisonment - Wikipedia

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    Mugshot of Burton Phillips, sentenced to life imprisonment for bank robbery, 1935. Graham v. Florida was a significant case in juvenile justice. In Jacksonville, Florida, Terrence J. Graham tried to rob a restaurant along with three adolescent accomplices. During the robbery, one of Graham's accomplices had a metal bar that he used to hit the ...