7th- Ch 5 Research Activity by Gia Mallet

DIRECTIONS

gia_mallet — 2025-09-09 02:51:14 UTC

Create a post about a hostage crisis or bank robbery that you researched. Your post should look like the example below. Be sure to include YOUR NAME, the name of the CRIME, the DATE, and a SUMMARY OF EVENTS. You are welcome to add a picture.

Mrs. Mallet - The Norrmalmstorg Robbery/Hostage Crisis - August 23-28, 1973

gia_mallet — 2025-09-09 02:51:14 UTC

In August of 1973, Jan-Erick Olsson, a convicted criminal, held up the Norrmalmstorg Bank in Stockholm, Sweden which turned into a hostage crisis. This event lasted for five days and was the first crime to be covered on live television in Sweden. This crime was also where the phenomenon, the Stockholm Syndrome, originated because the hostages bonded with their captors and refused to cooperate with the police. The hostages were distrustful of the police since they risked the safety of the hostages. After a five-day crisis, the police launched a tear-gas attack, and the robbers surrendered.

Wikipedia contributors. “Norrmalmstorg Robbery.” Wikipedia, 23 Aug. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrmalmstorg_robbery.

Victoria Akintomide: The Iranian Hostage Crisis- November 4, 1979

2025-09-09 19:07:01 UTC

Zuri Echols

2025-09-09 19:12:15 UTC

The 1976 Chowchilla bus kidnapping

In late 1977, $1 million in cash was discovered missing from a vault at Chicago's First National Bank

2025-09-09 19:12:31 UTC

The FBI and bank officials could only assume it was an inside job. First, the thief had to get by several sets of guards as well as TV monitors over the entrance. Then he presumably had to have one of the cart’s four keys, to which supposedly only the chief teller, his supervisor and a few bank officers had access. The thief must evidently have been so familiar a figure in the bank that he was able to leave unnoticed with a haul that weighed a mere 20 lbs. Just right for a banker’s briefcase. The FBI believed too that the thief had deliberately ripped off an even $1 million, knowing full well that bank officers would waste precious time attributing the loss to an accounting error. The person was never caught

Delilah Ortega- Robber Hits Same Schaumburg Bank For The 2nd time

2680621_1 — 2025-09-09 19:16:45 UTC

In November 16 2017

A man has been charged with robbing two northwest suburban TCF Bank branches this month - including one bank he robbed for the first time seven years ago.

Tony Hildebrand, 41, was charged with two counts of bank robbery in a federal complaint filed in U.S. District Court's Northern District of Illinois.

Central Bank of Iraq Robbery of 2003

2025-09-09 19:16:58 UTC

In 2003, the US invaded Iraq. During this time nearly 1 billion in cash was stolen. The US military subsequently recovered $650 million.

The theft was orchestrated by Qusay Hussein, the son of the then-president, Saddam Hussein, who was said to have authorized it.

Qusay was later apprehended and sentenced, while his father, the president, was killed in gun battles.

The incident is contentious, with some not viewing it as a heist but rather as a presidential directive.

However, the nature of this operation marks it as one of the world’s most significant heists of all time.

Shada akarah

2025-09-09 19:17:10 UTC

On January 3, 2020 a 39 year old man attempted to rob The Heritage Credit Union branch in Rockford, Illinois. His name was Nicholas august. He asked everyone to leave but had one female employee stay. He kept police there for 6 hours before he left with the hostage. In those 6 hours the women said that he sexually assaulted her. The FBI reached him through a phone. Prior to the robbery he had an outstanding warrant got aggravated domestic battery. His bail was $2 million. He didn’t have a motive as to why he robbed the bank.

Zachary Cosme

2025-09-09 19:17:36 UTC

Roy Hallums.

November 1, 2004

An American contracted who was kidnapped in Iraq. He was held for 311 days and was freed on September 7, 2005.Gunmen stormed the compound where hallums and his colleagues were working in the upscale mansour district of Baghdad.

Dionna/Anthony Calumet Park Brink Truck robbery for 1.1 million in 2023

2025-09-09 19:17:55 UTC

The incident was one of three armored truck robberies that occurred in the south suburbs The robbery occurred as two guards were picking up money from a bank inside of a grocery store in the 3100 block of 183rd Street in the Chicago suburb, the complaint states. During the robbery, one of the robbers struck a guard in the head with a firearm, the complaint states. Law enforcement on Tuesday afternoon located the defendants in a residence in Calumet Park, Ill., and took them into custody.

Shirley Noah - The Iranian Hostage Crisis: November 4, 1979-January 20, 1981

2680464_1 — 2025-09-09 21:53:29 UTC

in November of 1979, a group of extremist Iranian students seized the American Embassy in Tehran and took between 52-66 American diplomats and embassy staff members and demanded that the Shah (the King) be taken to Iran to be punished and face trial, and those who were held hostage were held for about 2 years if they were not released.

The United California Bank Heist

2025-09-10 03:06:17 UTC

In 1972, a six-man crew led by Amil Dinsio robbed the United California Bank in Laguna Niguel, CA, stealing $12 million—then the largest U.S. bank heist. They believed the vault held $30 million in illegal campaign funds linked to President Nixon, possibly from Jimmy Hoffa. The team flew in from Ohio, disabled alarms with foam, and used dynamite to access the vault over a weekend. Though they were later caught by the FBI, the true source of the stolen money remains unclear. Jaden Batonon

The 1988 Chicago Bank robbery

2025-09-10 03:56:06 UTC

A failed attempt by criminal Armand Moore and others to wire $70 million from first National Bank of Chicago accounts to Austrian banks on Friday, May 13, 1988. The scheme was foiled when the thieves tried to spend some of the money in Chicago. The true story inspired the 2023 Showtime film Heist 88

Vincent: The Great Brinks Robbery (1950)

2025-09-10 03:57:27 UTC

On the evening of January 17, 1950, employees of the security firm Brinks, Inc., In Boston, Massachusetts, were closing for the day, returning sacks of undelivered cash, checks, and other material to the company safe on the second floor, Shortly before 7:30 p.m., they were surprised by five men-heavily disguised, quiet as mice, wearing gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints and soft shoes to muffle noise. The thieves quickly bound the employees and began hauling away the loot. Within minutes, they'd stolen more than $1.2 million in cash and another $1.5 million in checks and other securities, making it the largest robbery in the U.S. at the time.

FBI (.Gov)

Kira May- The Collyville Synagoge hostage crisis- January 15, 2022

2025-09-10 04:20:57 UTC

On January 15th 2022, a British Pakistani man named Malik Akram entered a synagogue (place of worship for Jews and samaritans) in Collyville, Texas. He was armed with a handgun and took 4 people hostage. Malik akram demanded for the release of Aafia Siddiqui who is a Pakistani neuroscientist serving a 86 year prison sentence. The hostage crisis lasted for 10 hours before one of the hostages threw a chair at Malik Akram which allowed all of the hostages to escape safely.

Alexa Castor-Terry Anderson

2680321_1 — 2025-09-10 04:39:21 UTC

On March 16, 1985, Terry Anderson was kidnapped in west Beirut in Lebanon after a tennis match, and was kept as a hostage for six and a half years. He was one of 92 foreigners kidnapped during this time, and his release was majorly in part to the Iranian government’s efforts to secure good relations with the US. On Dec. 4, 1991, Anderson was released after 2454 days as a captive.

Victoria Akintomide: The Iranian Hostage Crisis- November 4, 1979

2025-09-10 19:04:41 UTC

The Iranian Hostage Crisis began on November 4, 1979, when Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held over 50 Americans hostage for 444 days. It badly hurt President Jimmy Carter’s reputation, exposed divisions in his administration, and led to a failed rescue mission. The crisis also weakened U.S. influence abroad and gave the Soviet Union opportunities to expand during the Cold War.

Sigonella crisis(1985)

2680659 — 2025-09-14 21:39:59 UTC

October 7, 1985: The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.

Hostages are taken aboard; one of them, Leon Klinghoffer, a disabled American tourist, is killed and thrown overboard.

The United States intercepts the plane carrying the hijackers and forces it to land in Sigonella, Sicily, where Italy, however, claims jurisdiction.

A diplomatic and military standoff ensues between Reagan and Craxi, which is resolved with the decision to process the terrorists in Italy.

Klinghoffer's murder became symbolic and inspired works such as The Death of Klinghoffer, an opera by John Adams that raised controversy about the relationship between art, politics, and terrorism.

Victoria Akintomide: The Iranian Hostage Crisis-November 4, 1979

2025-09-15 18:37:31 UTC

The Iranian Hostage Crisis began on November 4, 1979, when Iranian students seized the U.S.

Embassy in Tehran and held over

50 Americans hostage for 444 days. It badly hurt President Jimmy Carter's reputation, exposed divisions in his

administration, and led to a failed rescue mission. The crisis also weakened U.S. influence abroad and gave the Soviet Union opportunities to expand during the Cold War.