Mr. In Sommers room, investigators found two fully automatic AK-47 assault rifles, along with eight loaded 30-round banana-clip magazines, hidden in the ceiling above his bed, two pistols, and $10,000 cash stashed under his desk. Documentary Chicago family son Father Crime FBI robbery bank heist Federal Bureau of Investigations vice_videos:premiere Louis Early TWEET More from HOW TO ROB A BANK HOW TO ROB A BANK 44:33 Byrne changed his mind, however, and on Friday, March 9, 2007, he pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge. Early Jr. presents a check from his county's drug forfeiture funds to Gardner Youth Baseball & Softball League to help improve their field. Most of us traveled by Private Passenger Rail. INITIAL POST: A 35-year-old Maryland man was arrested Monday after robbing a bank in Palmer Township, police report. "Some of it was stacked in bricks of plastic shrink wrap similar to vault money. February 8, 2007, p. A-1; David Bowermaster, Two Ex-Rangers to Admit Guilt in Bank Heist, Ibid,. They also found two rifles belonging to Sommer inside Olingers pickup truck. The 51-year-old New York man and his son, Louis S. Early, 26, of Lisle, are accused of making off with about $70,000 after sticking up two banks in March in Naperville and Wheaton. The federal prosecution of a serial bank robber who briefly terrorized the St. Louis metropolitan area took an important step forward today. Each. Early contends that the coronavirus outbreak poses a great risk to his health and life as long as he remains incarcerated. August 16, 2006, p. A-1; Stacey Mulick, Fort Lewis Ranger Charged, Ibid,. The proceeds of the two robberies totaled over $70,000. Sarah Michelle Gellar nearly bared it all in a sheer black mesh bra that offered viewers plenty. The Court reduces Mr. At present, there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus among either staff or incarcerated persons at the prison, see https://www.bop.gov/coronavirus/index.jsp (last visited May 2, 2020), but the Court has no solid information about how much testing has been done, and it is only fair to say that the fact that there are no confirmed cases does not mean that no one in the prison has contracted the coronavirus. Both men were charged with first-degree murder and robbery. 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. Theodore John Conrad showed up for work as a bank teller in Cleveland. 's Emerg. Weeks said Cayuga County deputies seized a .32-caliber handgun and $52,342 in cash at the time Early was arrested. 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. black bear dead near a duffle bag and some $2 million worth of cocaine that had been opened and scattered over a hillside. John Zaruba, who later was elected sheriff after Doria retired. Early also contends that the conditions at FCI Terre Haute, where he is incarcerated, also put him at greater risk of contracting the virus. He is hired to help the would be bank robbers stick up a local bank. no. Mr. They'll have plenty of time for good old-fashioned father-son bonding. In Arkansas, one particularly high-profile train robbery happened in the small town of Olyphant (Jackson County) in 1893. If the defendant opted for a trial, he would face up to life in prison, if convicted on all seven felony counts. In addition, the roommate also saw AK-47 assault rifles, handguns, and grenades in their rooms, all in violation of strict army regulations regarding the possession and storage of weapons and explosive devices. An image of the March 9 robbery of the Fifth Third Bank at 1311 Ridgeland Ave. in Naperville. Early filed a motion seeking a judicial recommendation under the Second Chance Act for a longer-than-usual placement in an RRC (what is sometimes called a "halfway house"), specifically nine months. He had pleaded guilty on December 7, 2006, to two felony counts: armed bank robbery and brandishing a machine gun during and in relation to a crime of violence. It is a dismal record. Sommer was ordered held without bond and booked into the Seatac Federal Detention Center to await further court proceedings in Tacoma. On September 17, 2006, a British Columbia judge released Sommer on bond, but placed him under home confinement at his mothers residence in Peachland, with an electronic ankle bracelet. He served additional prison time due to the parole revocation. Early's release from prison seven weeks early does not outweigh the risk to him from contracting the coronavirus while incarcerated, given the medical conditions that place him at a higher risk of serious illness. 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. He was scheduled for an extradition hearing on July 10, but lost confidence in his altruistic crusade against war crimes. The next day, the depot was robbed. The agents will serve a search warrant on the suspects' quarters and recover weapons, clothing, and $21,000 in cash. 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 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. 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. 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. Mr. 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). In 1989, Mr. Later, two more Fort Lewis Rangers were charged in connection with the bank robbery: Corporal Richard Allen Olinger, age 21, and Specialist Fourth Class Scott A. Byrne, age 32. [24][25] Robbers disarmed the security guard and opened more than 400 safety deposit boxes. Make your practice more effective and efficient with Casetexts legal research suite. Early will very shortly be back in society, irrespective of what the Court does. 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. This is a list of bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies. Arresting the Robbers. 04 CR 970, 2020 WL 1663129, at *2 (N.D. Ill. Apr. The Early men aren't the area's first father-and-son team accused of banking heists. 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. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) terms this extremely violent method a takeover or take-charge robbery. Interesting hobby choice. Early would be on home confinement for six months after that, but the Court can replicate this by adding a home confinement condition to Mr. Following his release from that prison term in 1997, Mr. An FBI agent told him that there had been a bank robbery an hour earlier. This movie is an authentic recreation of the '53 robbery, except the vehicles are late 50s. On August 7, 2006, four men brandishing weapons rob the Bank of America branch in South Tacoma of $54,011. Early's prison sentence to time served and directs the Clerk to prepare an amended judgment and commitment order (J&C) accordingly. He pleaded not guilty before District Court Judge Franklin D. Burgess (1935-2010) and was released on bond. The case eluded officials for decades, until an obituary appeared online and family secrets began to unravel. 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. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. August 14, 2006, p. B-1; David Bowermaster, Fort Lewis Soldier Charged Over Stored Weapons, Ibid,. In August 2006, a federal grand jury in Seattle indicted the three Fort Lewis Rangers, Sommer, Palmer, and Blum, and the two Canadian civilians, Robertson and Dunmall. The Sikh unrest and the Indian state: politics, personalities, and historical retrospective. In 1997, a Dunbar Armored Co. employee was fired for tampering with the company's vehicles. Early's criminal history and the need to protect the public from further crimes by him. That year (1997), he swindled an elderly woman by telling her he would use the money she gave him ($4,100) to get her grandson out of prison on appeal and then just taking the money and doing nothing. Alerted by the electronic monitoring device, the RCMP immediately issued a warrant for Sommers arrest and notified U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the FBI to be on the lookout for the fugitive. His parole was revoked, and he ultimately pled guilty and was given another prison term. Tupungato/Shutterstock In September. 8 million stolen, 500,000 recovered. 3582(c)(1)(A) or a recommendation for immediate release on home confinement. For violating his home-confinement agreement, Sommer was remanded to custody pending the outcome of future extradition proceedings in British Columbia Supreme Court. A disgraced former DuPage County deputy sheriff has returned to Illinois in shackles on a federal complaint alleging he and the son who bears his name were behind two suburban bank heists. Were the Court simply being asked to fling open the doors to the prison and let Mr. Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer. The family that robs together, stays together in jail, that is. 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 September 23, 2006, p. B-2; Michael Gilbert, Ranger Pleads Guilty to Robbery, Ibid,. His son, Louis S. Early, served as the getaway driver for the first robbery and actively assisted in the second, which took place at a bank where Louis S. worked. 924(c)(1)(A). While two robbers with automatic rifles covered the banks entrances, the other two, with handguns, moved swiftly to confront the tellers. A father and son were sentenced to prison this week for arranging to rob a Wheaton bank from the inside. That afternoon, he was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Seattle and pleaded not guilty to the charges in the indictment. Ken Dye goes undercover for the St. Louis County Sheriff's Department to purchase illegal weapons and hears about a planned bank heist. December 6, 2006, p. A-1; Charges in Heist, Ibid,. August 13, 2006, p. B-1; Joe Mullin, Fourth Suspect Held in Robbery, Ibid,. Louis S. Early is free on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond. Early has now filed a motion seeking immediate release under section 603(b) of the First Step Act, which amended 18 U.S.C. The next question is whether a reduction "is consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission." Fortunately, Blums roommate had not left the Ranger compound and was able to shed some light on the robbers. The Alton bank robbery Bank robbery modus operandi analysis A brother was Raoul The brothers and the rifle purchase Motive with respect to John and Jerry Ray Evidence of a conspiracy in St. Louis The Byers allegation The backgrounds of Kauffmann and Sutherland Connectives to James Earl Ray Conclusion [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. A 175-lb. A crime scene technician checks for fingerprints March 9 inside the front door of the Fifth Third Bank at 1311 Ridgeland Ave. in Naperville. Gttig was arrested August 30 and Lindorff Larsen committed suicide after having fled the police. C. And although Mr. Early was arrested in New York for bank robbery, pled guilty, and was given another sentence of 18 months to three years. Early's supervised release conditions to require a six-month period of home confinement. LEONARD, Texas (KXII) - A suspect in a bank robbery in Leonard Friday night has been arrested. 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. 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. March 8, 2007, p. B-2; Jonathan Martin and Jennifer Sullivan, Fort Lewis Soldier Charged With Robbing Bank Twice, Ibid,. On Friday, February 20, 2009, Judge Burgess sentenced him to 12 years in federal prison plus five years of supervised release. ", UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LOUIS H. EARLY. March 24, 2007, p. B-1; David Bowermaster, Bank Robber fighting Extradition Disappears, Ibid,. The former deputy sheriff was indicted Aug. 5, 1984, on official misconduct and theft charges alleging he stole $5,000 in inmate bail money while working in the DuPage County jail under former Sheriff Richard Doria. At least one robber is still free. He was incarcerated at the North Fraser Pretrial Center in Port Coquitlam to await extradition procedures. In 2009, Mr. Although armed bank robbery is not specifically listed in the Canadian Extradition Act, violent crimes are generally not considered political reasons for which the Canadian government would block extradition. "We saw a large amount of cash in an open black leather briefcase," Weeks said. He has put together a plan for Mr. "While it is unusual to have a father-son team rob a bank, it certainly isn't the first time it's happened," said Ross Rice, an FBI spokesman. A. Robertson, age 20, a Canadian citizen from Kelowna, B.C., voluntarily crossed the border at Blaine, Washington, and surrenderedto the FBI. He was released on a $25,000 surety bond, with the promise to return to the United States for further court proceedings. The robbery. Early is not without risk, the Court concludes after considering the relevant factors that a reduction of his sentence is appropriate so long as it is combined with a change to his supervised release conditions. Early was fifty-one when he committed the bank robberies for which he is now serving time. LOUIS H. EARLY is in state custody in New York, pending his removal to Chicago to face the charge filed here. It was carried out by two men, Danish salesman Lindorff Larsen and a German machinist Gttig, armed with revolvers; the two got away with 9000 Danish kroner. Meanwhile, in Peachland, Luke Elliott Sommer was giving lengthy telephone interviews to newspapers and magazines, and television and radio stations. September 22, 2006, p. B-1; David Bowermaster, Tacoma Bank Robbed to Start Crime Family?, Ibid,. The first bank robbery in Denmark occurred August 18, 1913 in the bank Sparekassen for Kbenhavn og Omegn at sterbro in Copenhagen. Sheriff's Lt. Joseph J. 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 . Seafirst Bank, Lakewood, Washington, February 1997, $4.5 million ($7.5million in 2021) in cash. The Free Encyclopedia of Washington State History. At the end of his shift, the then 20-year-old stole $215,000, stuffed it into a paper bag -- and vanished, authorities said. On Wednesday, August 9, FBI agents arrested Alex Blum at his parents home in Greenwood Village, Colorado. 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 son has submitted a lengthy letter to the Court saying that he has been able to reconnect with his father during his time in custody and has developed a much stronger and better bond. a predetermined code that indicated that (the son) was doing well,' the declaration stated. He was released on bond but placed under house arrest pending the outcome of extradition procedures. It is noteworthy that the Bureau of Prisons itself later granted Mr. It was terrifying to finally tell the truth, he . Early's presentence report reflects, it is fair to say, one of the worst histories of recidivism that this Court has seen in eighteen years as a lawyer and just over twenty as a judge. Louis H. Early, 54, was . ", The 54-year-old Early was found out when FBI agents arrested him in DeWitt, New York, on an unrelated case and spotted a hefty supply of cash labeled "Federal Reserve Bank.". Perhaps more significantly, the Bureau of Prisons directed that Mr. In March 2012 two robbers were arrested. 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,. 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,. --------, For the reasons stated above, the Court grants Louis H. Early's emergency motion for compassionate release [119] and also grants his motion for leave to file certain medical records under seal [124]. Marshal Service pending sentencing. Greater Chicago Area 61 followers 61 connections Join to connect PWSR Experts, LLC. The parachutist, a former Kentucky narcotics investigator, had . Robertson, the other bandit with a handgun, identified the fourth man inside the bank as 18-year-old Nathan R. Dunmall from Chilliwack, who was the other guard wielding an AK-47 assault rifle. March 10, 2007, p. B-1; Adam Lynn, Canadian Man Changes Plea, Opts for Trial in Armed Robbery Case, Ibid,. Weeks said they recovered a loaded .32-caliber revolver, $52,342 cash, federal reserve bank documents and a police scanner. They took at least 32 million euros in gold, precious stones and cash. He waived his right to a preliminary hearing May 1 during his first federal court appearance. Subsequent investigation by the FBI and CCSO developed additional evidence linking both men to the two robberies and resulting in the charges announced today. Photo: Stanislav Kozlovskiy / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. Hamilton attended the liberation at Lima Jail but did not enter the building, instead serving as a lookout. Mr. 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." 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Early; and providing him with any necessary services and treatment. In 1984 he pled guilty to multiple charges of official misconduct for stealing money from the Clerk of the DuPage County Circuit Court and served about six months in custody, followed by probation. Early's sentence. Date: May 4, 2020, granting compassionate release to diabetic inmate who had previously suffered a heart attack and whose projected release date was "just seven scant weeks" from the court's decision date, stating that "[m]ost reasonable observers looking at [the defendant's] record would find it quite likely that he will commit additional crimes once he is released," but granting compassionate release because the defendant would "very shortly be back in society, irrespective of what the Court does", Case No. Early's prison sentence to time served, thus rendering moot his request for a recommendation for immediate release on home confinement. One of the men shot and killed a man at the bank, the . Leonard Police said it happened around 6 p.m. at the First United Bank at 200 W. Collins Street when . All rights reserved, WATCH: Procession Escorts Body of Fallen Chicago Officer From Hospital, Storm System Could Bring Rain, Snow, and Gusty Winds to Chicago Area Friday, Chicago Police Officer Shot and Killed on Southwest Side, Chicago Police Release Details of What Led to Officer's Fatal Shooting in Gage Park, Secret Service, Police Seen Investigating Business in Suburban Lisle. After being taken into custody, Sheriffs Investigators discovered evidence linking the senior EARLY to the Wheaton robbery. 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. If convicted of the charge filed against them, both men face a possible sentence of up to (20) years incarceration. Weeks of the Cayuga County sheriff's office in New York said they contacted the FBI after spotting suspicious items in a motel room Early had rented. 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. Police investigate a March 9 robbery inside the Fifth Third Bank at 1311 Ridgeland Ave. in Naperville. 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. The senior EARLY was arrested on March 21, 2009 by Officers of the Cayuga County, New York Sheriffs Office (CCSO) on unrelated state charges. As amended, and as applicable here (Mr. Early pled guilty to two counts of bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. 2113(a) & (e). But the choices presented to the Court do not involve keeping Mr. The amended J&C will also include a modification of the conditions of Mr. 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. Louis S. Early led him into an office, at which point his father 'acted as if he were displaying a weapon to his son, in an attempt to legitimize the robbery' for the bank's security cameras, according to a court plea declaration. July 16, 2007, p. B-1; Mike Carter, Former Army ranger Gets 24 Years in Prison for Bank Robbery, Ibid., December 13, 2008, p. B-1; Jennifer Sullivan, Former Army Ranger Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Tacoma Bank Robbery, Ibid., December 16, 2008, p. B-1; Sara Jean Green, B.C. It was only after the big bank robbery at Ludhiana in February 1987 that they could purchase sophisticated weapons; there was only one sten gun in the entire state. and AK-47 rifles. See, e.g., United States v. Reyes, No. 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. An alert bystander sees the bandits exit from an automobile wearing balaclavas and carrying handguns and assault rifles, then return three minutes later with duffel bags, jump back into the vehicle, and speed away. Then early Wednesday morning he absconded from his mothers house in Peachland, B.C. Mr. Naperville The charge relates to a March 18 heist at a TCF Bank branch in the Danada Square Shopping Center in Wheaton, but evidence in the complaint also connects the father and son to a March 9 heist at a Fifth Third Bank in Naperville, the FBI said. The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this order, as well as the amended judgment, to the Probation Office of this district. The Court grants the motion for early release and reduces Mr. Early resigned that Sept. 10, days after being suspended, during an internal investigation led by then-Sgt. Couldn't they just go fishing? In 1930 . Shown here with Chief Jailer of the Ramsey County jail. The first bank robbery in Denmark occurred August 18, 1913 in the bank Sparekassen for Kbenhavn og Omegn at sterbro in Copenhagen. Early's sentence to time served, it would be cutting his overall sentence by a little over nine months, meaning that he would serve 133 months in custody as compared with 142. 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. In October 2018, Mr. His assistant collected the money from the teller stations and took $20,000 from a money cart inside the vault. Finally, on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, Judge Bryan sentenced Scott A. Byrne, who helped plan the bank heist but did not participate in the robbery, to eight months in federal prison plus three years of supervised release. Mr. The robbery is one of the most audacious and dangerous bank heists ever committed in Washington state. Early walk out, it would be hesitant to do so even though the sentence reduction sought is not, in the scheme of things, a particularly large one. He told the undercover officer he didnt care how the prosecutor was killed, but he wanted news reports to reflect Dions death was murder, not just an accident. 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. According to bank examiners, the exact amount. Sommers mother, Christel Davidson, claimed his disappearance took her entirely by surprise. He then fled. Early almost that much, permitting his release to an RRC eight months before the end of his sentence. Prosecutor Dion replied: While we dont know if he has a mental problem, we do know he has a moral defect. 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. Any feedback, comments, or extra information are much . And so ended an extremely dismal chapter in the history of the U.S. Armys 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Lewis. In 1997, Allen Pace was fired from Dunbar Armored, Inc. - an armored car courier service often used by banks - for tampering with a company vehicle. If convicted, the father and son each face up to 20 years in prison. Police Chief Ron Henderson lauded two witnesses who used cellular phones to alert police to the robbery in the normally peaceful neighborhood of St. Louis.