What bank did the trenchcoat robbers rob in 1982? February 3, 2010
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♥MiMi♥ asked:
I know that the largest bank robbery happened in New York, but I need to know the name of the bank. The robbery had to happen in 1982 because that is the year I was assigned. I have benn looking this topic up for three days and would greatly appreciate any help I recieve. Thank You.
I know that the largest bank robbery happened in New York, but I need to know the name of the bank. The robbery had to happen in 1982 because that is the year I was assigned. I have benn looking this topic up for three days and would greatly appreciate any help I recieve. Thank You.
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One of the most successful partnerships in the nation’s his-
tory began more than a quarter of a century ago in Kansas
City, Missouri and ended in 1997 with the arrests of Ray
Lewis Bowman and William Arthur Kirkpatrick. They were
known as the “Trench Coat Robbers.” Their last hit, at Sea-
first Bank in Lakewood, Washington, netted a record $4.4
million.
ANNALS OF CRIME about Ray Bowman and Billy Kirkpatrick, the Trenchcoat Robbers who robbed twenty-seven banks, and were among the most accomplished bank robbers in United States history… Of the seven thousand one hundred and twenty-seven bank robberies in the United States in 2000, the average take was just twelve hundred dollars, and most of the thieves were eventually captured.
SeaFirst Bank.
The “Trenchcoat Robbers,” a pair of polite criminals who robbed at least 27 banks from 1982 until their arrest in 1997.
The Trench Coat Job -
It was past quitting time when two men wearing buttoned-up trench coats let themselves into the Seafirst Bank in Lakewood, Washington, a suburb of Tacoma. Flashing a gun, the pair stuffed 355 pounds of cash—$4.46 million—into sacks and made a clean getaway. This 1997 heist wasn’t the work of amateurs. Nope. Ray Bowman and William Kirkpatrick were real pros. In fact, between 1982 and 1998, Bowman and Kirkpatrick were believed to have robbed 28 banks around the country for a total of more than $7 million. Even more impressive: only once was there gunfire, and no one was hurt. A special FBI task force was formed, but it was stupidity that finally tripped them up. Kirkpatrick was stopped for speeding in late 1998 by a Nebraska state trooper. A search of the car turned up four handguns, fake badges, two ski masks—and $1.8 million in cash. Meanwhile, Bowman had failed to pay the rent on a storage locker in Kansas City, Missouri. When the owner opened it, and found a virtual armory of guns, he called the cops, and they collared Bowman at his suburban Kansas City home a few weeks after Kirkpatrick’s arrest. The dapper duo was convicted in 1999, with Bowman getting slapped with 24 years, Kirkpatrick with 15.