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Tag: Robbery

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30th May 1899: Female bandit Pearl Hart and her partner, Joe Boot, commit one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies

30th May 2021
Tagged as: America, Arizona, Bandit, Crime, Criminal, Robbery, Stagecoach, Unites States, USA

Pearl Hart became a celebrity and acquired the nickname ‘Bandit Queen’.

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18th March 1990: 13 works of art stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the world’s largest ever art theft

18th March 2021
Tagged as: America, Art, Boston, Crime, Criminal, Culture, Robbery, Theft, United States

Despite a reward of $10 million, and extensive investigations by the FBI, none of the works have ever been recovered and nobody has ever been arrested for the robbery.

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29th October 1964: ‘Murf the Surf’ and two accomplices carry out the biggest jewel heist in New York’s history

29th October 2020
Tagged as: America, Crime, Criminal, Florida, Heist, Jewellery, Miami, New York, Robbery, United States, USA

‘Murf the Surf’ and two accomplices committed the biggest jewel heist in New York’s history when they stole priceless gems from the American Museum of Natural History.