097. A Bitter End
On December 21, 1998, two gunmen kidnap three janitors on their way to clean the Bank of America ATM repository in Las Vegas. The gunmen force the janitors to let them in the ATM repository and hold them hostage until the armored car guards arrive to make their nightly collection. When the guards enter the bank, the gunmen surprise them and shoot one guard in the chest before escaping with $1,088,000, the largest bank robbery take in Las Vegas history. FBI agents and police find the getaway truck in a nearby neighborhood and set up surveillance in the area. Investigators search the residence of a woman who has reportedly been spending large sums of money. The FBI finds a cache of the stolen money and questions the womanâs boyfriend. He tells them that he believes his brother robbed the ATM repository with another man. Authorities arrest his accomplice, and this suspect then flees and leads authorities on a chase, but they apprehend him quickly. Before he can be convicted of the robbery, he commits suicide.