The Shootist: The FBI's Search for America's Most Wanted Bank Robber | The FBI Files | Real Crime

The FBI matches wits with a cunning bank robber, a lone gunman responsible for the longest string of unsolved bank robberies in FBI history.
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[@cday131]

probably spent more money investigating him than he stole 🤣

[@jamjardj1974]

More than likely. Your taxes at work😂

[@billnorswether3720]

Worth it.

[@caseybailey2521]

So what you're saying is they shouldn't pursue him for these crimes ?? If cost came into pursuing criminals where would our society be ??????

[@jamjardj1974]

@@caseybailey2521 🤣Well….!

[@brimstoneonsteam9069]

​@Daniel Wall, so how exactly do you value human life then?

[@flaviusconstantius9702]

The phrase 'quit while you're ahead' could have been written for this guy.

[@TheWaitingRoomTWR]

he was addicted

[@standoughope]

Imagine you're just chilling outside and some guy with bizarre facial features runs up to a car and leaps into the trunk followed by the driver speeding off.

[@Mhel2023]

I'd have the same facial expression you do lol

[@DanielJuarez-ke6ql]

Not the strangest thing tbh 😂 but yea still I’d be like tf....

[@sludge8506]

The driver didn’t speed off. She was very disciplined.

[@scotts1668]

@@piguy3280 duh

[@shontezwilks8361]

@@piguy3280 who Jeremy Dewitte lol

[@jessehansen7084]

How tf is this gonna be under greatest UNSOLVED and end with an arrest..

[@noproblem451]

3 robberies in one month, he is doing it for the rush and the adrenaline kick.

[@roughroadrunner88]

28:54 Wow good job San Jose forensic artist

[@alexanderpatterson4031]

You definitely couldn't do that now. The technology the police have now is on another level lol

[@lazywizard5353]

Even the bank securities are so damn high now. U can't just go with a revolver in there and make ppl terrified of u alone xD. The robber would be a fool to do that now xD.

[@mikyhtx]

@@lazywizard5353 Nowadays there's no need to leave your house to rob a bank. Hackers have stole billions sitting at home.

[@canehdiansteve3455]

@@mikyhtx Yep, in late December last year someone stole over $600 million in crypto in one go using a simple exploit of code that was already in place within the system. Robbing a bank in person is spare change these days, not to mention much harder and more risky. That guy's thousands of crypto wallets and transactions he's using to launder the money are all publicly traceable, as all crypto wallets and transactions are, and yet it's still almost guaranteed that he'll get away with all of it.

[@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916]

@@mikyhtx Banks also don't have that much cash anymore. Too much risk for a small amount of cash.

[@shajanjacob1576]

Robbers are always snarter than the police

[@charleslloyd4253]

His wife was released from prison in 2011. And he was ordered released from prison by a judge in 2022 so he could social distance and avoid COVID. I can find no update or parole information on neither of them.

[@NiceRage2009]

Makes you wonder how many he would have gotten away with if it weren’t for the phone call giving his name, age and alias.

[@NolympikoSoccerInformation]

☝️

[@DeMarrJames]

Oh, I definitely thought you were going the "if it weren't for that meddling dog!" Route. (Scooby-Doo Reference just incase someone doesn't know.)

[@gerard335]

@@DeMarrJames "if it weren't for you meddling kids" **

[@3rdFloorblog]

He got greedy...

[@ronjohnson5070]

Pulled out the jammy, aimed it at the sky, he yelled, "Stick 'em up!" and let two fly

[@travisbond5385]

If only I was born in the 1960s-1980s....

[@DTachaJr]

Interesting side note Johnny Williams Madison Jr was released from federal prison in Jan 2021.. He is a 70 years old man now and I doubt he will return to such adventures..

[@Kuziai]

Man back in the day when there was no CCTV was so easy to do crime and get away

[@joe18425]

The cops were forced into catching him. He had interrupted that many tea breaks they had no choice.

[@nonleague8613]

What doesn't make sense is why did he pay for the Motel using his credit card given the fact that he had so much cash? Seems a stupid move for someone who was so precise in everything he did.

[@54raceman]

He got cocky and started getting sloppy

[@biggdoggmeech6469]

A lot of hotels require a credit card

[@nonleague8613]

@@biggdoggmeech6469 not in the early 90's

[@ezenoser7477]

Bank notes have a numerical code. Anytime it is circulated through a bank or Treasury dept it is logged. Hence the phrase money trail. That's why people try to launder their stolen money and why it takes time to launder it fully.

[@sludge8506]

@@ezenoser7477 they laundered it at casinos.

[@Mhel2023]

28:07 that umbrella is wayy too small for 2 people lol ☔

[@stevesaenz2926]

Jonny was good crossing all his t's & dotting all his i's just that one phone call!!!

[@Stltwin86]

92 years what? That’s crazy because They couldn’t catch him lol

[@chrisdugas1226]

Well, he's no longer in prison, anyway. He's old and got covid last year so they released him for medical reasons.

[@shajanjacob1576]

For making the criminal justice system look like lousy fools

[@jwktheman1]

That’s crazy as soon as they said from Texas with military training but he did a lot in San Diego I knew he was a Marine.

[@dakotawynn9094]

Good video and good police, fbi work...very interesting video

[@nikkipacheco6835]

I thought they would have had a million or more robbing 55 Banks but i guess he paid cash for everything... 👍🏼 Nice

[@brandonmaynard9507]

Crazy how often I hear true crime stories from San Diego. I swear it's a nice city.

[@sludge8506]

Johnny Williams was released in 2021. Carolyn Williams was released in 2011.

[@alwayzchillin0714]

48/56 Robberies were identified, not bad. 🤔

[@johnniethepom2905]

The big question is , did the couple stay together after his release ?

[@madride858585]

People get less time for murder

[@skdjirrrdjdm3926]

And certain crimes against children. The system has their priorities 🙄

[@RobertTKlaus]

So how is this an 'Unsolved Bank Robbery'?

[@lockedandloaded9816]

Probably 1 or 2 wasn't him lol smfh

[@clownworld5474]

Every case is unsolved, until it's solved

[@andreflights]

@@clownworld5474 🤯

[@shajanjacob1576]

Solved not by fbi, that is why.

[@charleslee1960]

He wore white tennis shoes ,sunglasses, and a baseball hat

[@jamesmueller8701]

20 minutes in ... As a "shooter" myself, I was taught by my dad to keep my finger out of the hole, till i was ready to "fire"... and that works well on most occasions...

[@gordonaliasme1104]

Is this a metaphor for filling the hole in a doughnut?

[@Xervres93]

"Keep your booger picker off the boom switch till you're ready to fire"

[@mikegreenawalt4726]

Yes keeping finger out of trigger guard can deffinately cut down on accidents 98 percent or more

[@bobbyshmurda5225]

Keep your finger on the trigger if ever have your gun out

[@riotpoliceTRELL]

@@bobbyshmurda5225 bro you just got out of prison, touching a gun the last thing you should be thinking about rn

[@richardlongmore9301]

Banks and insurance companies are fair game in my book

[@mototourph]

he robed the same bank that he stole from 1 yer before... what kind of bank is that. I want to know. keep it coming baby

[@ebrimasallah8470]

I really loooooooooove this channel a looooooooooooooooooot

[@bobbyshmurda5225]

Me toooooooooo, aloooooooooot

[@charlessiguna859]

But who was the anonymous caller?

[@andrewlaw3589]

The fbi didn’t do anything lol they said sometimes the assist of the public helps. The phone call solved everything

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

Snitch should have got reward.

[@nhanha7433]

From banks or from trading centers

[@JimmyGreen-wx6gt]

If this guy would have used at least 1 drop car and a fake plate on their real car, this could of gone way different. And not talk about it to anyone.

[@yute7184]

I think the shootish is the lamest nickname for this robber I call him “No Face No Case Robber”.

[@vivimortius4337]

The best ever! Man...ah.. They must Release you! 90 yrs prison? How cool.

[@toddaulner5393]

I wonder where the money went but I am only a third of the way in.

[@MadScientist267]

Lol I call bullshit on the Miranda letter. A guy that dangerous, you don't poke sticks at him during the sting like that 🤣🤦‍♂️🙄 WTF I bet it never happened but makes for good story.

[@showbread9366]

Yeah they add fake shit in there not telling what’s true or not like the “Seattle hunch” Foh they had a lead already they knew more and just followed him.

[@shajanjacob1576]

The lousy fbi just made it up

[@mx5_enigma308]

Scene is meant to be in 1987 although the cars in the background are all from the mid 90s. Idk why that bothers me so much

[@mrglock2313]

The FBI has some good detective's 👍 I appreciate the thin blue line.

[@JeezBeez]

as a current detective.... I could tell you personally... FBI Special Agents are mostly absolutely useless... Most of their best work is done by TFOs... Most agents are just graduate school graduates with ZERO experience in real law enforcement or fighting crime.. I work with many of them lol

[@JeezBeez]

@Benjamin Johnson Boston in no way... Pay absolutely sucks, pension is worse and you get moved anywhere in the countryd.d. I'll pass 😊

[@JeezBeez]

@Benjamin Johnson Boston I'm in South Florida... Average starting pay in area is 60k for a patrol man PRE Academy... National average pay of a Special Agent is in low 50s.

[@JeezBeez]

@Benjamin Johnson Boston Honestly... I work with alot of Feds.... We make way more then they do. when they hear our pension, pay and benefits... Their jaws drop. Then again... We in Florida, especially S. FL have it GREAT.

[@dave2160666]

Never use the same mo or disguise twice

[@oishimoores2971]

Narrator :- the shootist acts like a professional... The fbi :- he is a professional..

[@thatloserkyle]

Imagine tho because we know he was smart enough after everything, the research all the planning that he would have known the statue of limitations for the 27 they still had him legally guilty to. Thats probably why he was really slowing down after the 45th one in this vid because he knew he could eventually outdue those 27. If he had stopped at 450k which was after I believe like the 20th robbery then he would have never had to serve any time thats crazy

[@davidmiller4758]

The federal statute of limitations for bank robbery is only 5 Years as well. While the state itself is likely 7 years but bank robbery is a federal crime so if the feds don't do the investigating then nobody does

[@gsands1796]

Why is this called "Greatest unsolved bank robbery" when they were caught & sentenced?

[@petepayette6690]

Considering how easy it was for him. He could have done a lot more... Better disguise / never got Caught...

[@chrisclarke7828]

l think its Boyd Coddington.

[@aweewa5659]

He was still paying his property taxes.

[@AaronNazzy]

it bothers me how lazy they are with the scenery in these “older shots”. they’re supposed to be from the 80’s, but all the cars are clearly early 2000’s except for the actual cop cars or robbers car.

[@blessembreaks]

why is this titled “unsolved” robbery?? CLICK BAIT

[@LuxuryBeatsMusic]

they unsolved it after solving it

[@kenthatfield4287]

Snitch is a word that criminals use to define someone that is doing that which is right. Drug users and drug dealers use that word quite often. If someone doesn't tell on you be sure your sins will find you out. Criminals think they are so smart that you will flip up if you are a criminal. There is one in heaven that sees everything you do

[@Georgetimothy-d1b]

I don't know much about robbing banks apart from seeing films and videos but

[@jessemccombs919]

He needed a 38 in-between his eyes and his wife to no trial

[@titanbmc]

“He leaves no evidence at the scene” a part from the bullet he leaves in every ceiling

[@DisasterxUs]

So basically if that one guy never snitched they probably would have never known who it was

[@bittnerbs]

@Eli Benda ha. The definition is to “inform on someone.” A snitch called in and snitched on the couple.

[@mosthated762]

A snitch is a person involved in illegal activities and gives a statement, that nigga was just a civilian

[@SUBJECTISOLDMOVEON]

naw naw yall got it all wrong the tattletale was a former jealous lover that was kicked off the team and they didn’t want to upset the lgbtq lettering community lol

[@miketrago4561]

Many such cases.

[@ChicagoDefense]

That’s usually how it goes

[@vargas218]

Johnny Madison Williams Jr was released in January 2021 do to the Covid-19 pandemic at the age of 69 after serving 27 years. His wife Carolyn Marie Williams, was released in 2011 after serving 17 years at the age of 51.

[@excaliberracing]

Damn really

[@dannyn.3539]

92 years means 27yrs. 25 to life means 15yrs. 😆 America is funny.

[@Gush27]

@@dannyn.3539 not typically. America has no problem keeping inmates forever lol

[@tqsuited]

Well, he never killed anyone.. yes, one person was shot but survived. He's learned his lesson.

[@Jimmymc79]

@@dannyn.3539 The feds don't have parole anymore eliminated it in 94 you serve 85% . Although a lot were able to get released through the COVID 19 bill and right now they are attempting to bring some back into custody because it was only supposed to be a temporary release which obviously doesn't make any sense

[@petejames1326]

i love there re enactments, thats why i love UNSOLVED MYSTERIES with robert stack so much too, they just remind me of my aweful childhood but in a good way because watching these shows 30yrs ago as a kid was what gave me something to live for, i wanted to either be a detective or a criminal mastermind, now im a cab driver, lol

[@ruinerfixxxer]

Well I turned out to be a criminal mastermind, but I always wanted to be a cab driver so there's that

[@petejames1326]

@@ruinerfixxxer id swap places with you in a second, driving a cab is a living hell, im thinking of writing a book about it, and it would put a smile on a terminal cancer patient reading about my life

[@ruinerfixxxer]

@@petejames1326 you've got control of your life. Pick up a trade. I lost everything at one point, started working construction, went back to school at 40 and got a degree in construction management and became a project manager. Now I own a business. You can do whatever you want to. Make moves

[@kamtarbol]

Cab drivers are always on the streets witnessing a lot of crimes. You can still help reporting. Get a walkie talkie

[@russcooke5671]

@@kamtarbol A walk-in talkie Where hav you been for the last 20 Years. 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👌👌

[@georges4401]

Documentary error. Hotel clerk called him Williams when she showed him to the typewriter but he checked in under his alias Robert Hall.

[@BLACK-md1wn]

Too bad they don't put all of this effort in to putting away dirty cops and agents 🤣🤣🤣

[@russcooke5671]

And Paediphiles child sex trafficking. Probably because the governments are involved. That’s why it goes on they are protected from the highest level.

[@beeftestosterone4355]

K y s

[@russcooke5671]

@@beeftestosterone4355 ????

[@i.l6916]

They’re too busy solving the murders of 4-13 year olds on the streets…

[@brianshorey]

"Many times it's the assistance of the public". If somebody didn't call and give the exact names, they might still be looking for this guy!

[@johnnyboy3742]

He got away because of how stupid and silly that name is “the shootist” 🤦 “the shoot first robber”

[@Adam-vj7dn]

I thought it was funny...

[@johnlshilling1446]

@20:15-20.. "..he indexes his finger above the trigger, just as police officers are trained..." DUH... ALL firearm safety courses train every student to handle firearms this way. IT IS NOT law enforcement specific. IT IS ONE of the 4 basic firearm safety rules... "NEVER place your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire."

[@shajanjacob1576]

I also thought so

[@sludge8506]

I second John’s post. Like he wrote, it’s one of the first things that you are taught.

[@joshgroves6127]

My uncle was a good man deep down, kids private school and the many charities he was committed to helping caused him to do a couple irrational things. Don't paint him as a monster

[@kamtarbol]

Moral of the story is don't use credit cards

[@Allen-L-Canada]

It is "criminals will be eventually caught."

[@BoomerElite4u]

It's interesting that the documentary never mentions that they were heroin addicts and used bank robbing to feed their habit. Which explains why they never left their room and how they went through so much money so fast.

[@Ben-xf7uy]

That makes a lot of sense now

[@txddyfarquh69]

Well fml

[@DeMarrJames]

I definitely had my suspicions after they said they were burning through that $$.. I thought it had to be about drugs. There is literally no other reason they could blow through all that so quick without making big stupid purchases. I mean, I suppose they were still stupid purchases, but it wasn't like they were buying a litter of tiger cubs.

[@zachariahjohnson8652]

They just robbed a bank why would they leave the room. The man took up bowling and even hired a professional bowling coach and he won a couple amateur bowling tornaments they also bought a 350 thousand dollar house and he also spent alot of time in Vegas living it up and laundering his robber money. I don't think two people on herion would be as professional and sophisticated as he was. I think you should change your name to misinformed citizen.

[@BoomerElite4u]

@@zachariahjohnson8652 I mean this isn't even a disputed thing. There are more modern documentaries where they interview the man and he talks at length about how his heroin addiction.

[@mattiasorre1718]

"Drawing features that are obscured requires a thorough knowledge of human physiology and a remarkable artistic eye " /Shows woman sketching at a My Little Pony level

[@anthonyspitzer8044]

FBI is 🚽 now. Enemy of the working class.

[@thetrainwreck1469]

39:07 LOL they're undercover but everybody's wearing polo shirts, including the guy in the unmarked car across the street.

[@paulofelipebbraga9634]

I know it's late but, most criminals are dumb and don't think they can ever get caught. That's why they think they are invincible and don't bother paying attention...

[@TebowTime2513]

He should of known something was up when the hotel manager said Mr Williams. He checked in under Mr Hall 🤣🤣🤣

[@neilkadu8745]

Are you a FBI agent? Great observation.

[@vlcince]

I caught that too and I was like wtf...

[@Joshmo1234]

Let’s be honest. The FBI would have never caught this guy had it not been for that anonymous tip.

[@jimbanda]

That and if JMW had a little more awareness of the CCTV in that bank, and if he had varied his disguise . Overall , for drug addicts they were pretty smart.

[@wildestcowboy2668]

@@jimbanda booze hounds

[@DjTriniyankee]

Exactly but he wont have called if the shootist didnt look dead in the camera though!

[@NathansWargames]

He was already making small mistakes as time went on he'd have maybe lasted another 2 years until he slipped up.

[@dougiesherwin9591]

The tip was generated by the sketch and publicity. So let's be honest: while I'm not a fan of the FBI they did a good job catching these two.

[@Calvin23]

In America you get more jail time for stealing money then killing…🤨

[@unedited9215]

Fun fact he is actually free

[@faithwhite6439]

A theif is a murderer.

[@KY-YE]

And a 18 year old can legally kill people when in the military or police .. but have to wait till 21 to have a smoke or a drink when they’re feeling stressed or guilty about it-

[@dolpherarnold238]

Strange but it's true facts tho what a shame people value money over human life sad

[@markstevens1729]

You have just defined American values.

[@taitjones6310]

You got to laugh. They spent ten times the amount of money he stole on trying to catch him.

[@frankculaga5169]

lol

[@bodeoguns9016]

But at least they were able to stop him from potential murder

[@davidmiller4758]

That's not the point, it's a protection of assets plan. If they didn't spend whatever it took to catch that bank robber (even if he only stole 20$) then that would jeopardize the entire banking system and embolden the ones that perpetrate them

[@bgdeepee1827]

Hope everyone has a blessed Christmas and New Years

[@mitchellz1685]

Same to you and your family!

[@russcooke5671]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👌👌same time you thank you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️👌👌👌👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@bgdeepee1827]

Thanks you guys💙💙

[@heathermoehle8080]

You too... Happy holidays!! ❤️

[@paulcortez212]

Thanks bud you too

[@Castlecoke]

Those F.B.I. didn't do jack. But, are trying to pretend they solved it on their own.

[@WATCH-IT-BUSTER]

31:02 "An exact match"....ya if you're blind, hardly a resemblance just another lie by the pigs 🐖 🙄

[@yyxy.oncesaid]

Great, thanks and Merry Christmas to everyone from Napier, New Zealand

[@Paul-mq5yn]

Queenstown! Merry xmas

[@masonldn8647]

It's solved so not unsolved now is it .

[@billieyoung497]

there was a teller at the bank I used to go to,she told me one day she worked at another bank and it got robbed,she said they never caught the robbers,she said they got about 200,000 dollars out of the bank...wow.

[@bobbyshmurda5225]

Must've been an easy 200,000

[@thatloserkyle]

Whats the case??

[@Stubysz]

Cool...

[@realasscracka]

Sweeet

[@bradmorgan9482]

Average tellers have 2g X 5-8 tellers max , time safes restrict access to that amount of cash. Wait time approx 35-45 mins

[@3rdFloorblog]

Geeze, the dude should've stopped when he passed 20 hits. Greed and stupidity is the criminal's worst enemy....#SMH

[@PetersFXfilms]

He couldn't stop because he depended on committing robberies at regular intervals for his income.

[@AUSTIN-ss2zd]

He was a heroin addict though

[@JadyGrudd]

Dope and strippers make you do dumb shit. And they're expensive.

[@-pressxtostart-]

@@JadyGrudd and amazing

[@Lethal-On-YT]

@@AUSTIN-ss2zd no he wasn’t look him up his motive was gambling addiction he never touched drugs or anything like that

[@allenmitchell09]

So it took 56 robberies to get a million dollars. Damn, bank robbing sucks.

[@josephmedina6403]

Intelligence... Integrity... Determination ! 😆 Jk he probably used those words on his bank application for words to describe yourself

[@paulofelipebbraga9634]

That's because they only went to the cashiers wich have nothing. The vault and deposit boxes is where the paper at.

[@priayief]

What an interesting and intriguing story! It never ceases to amaze me why criminals that are otherwise so smart, don't take advantage of their right to seek legal counsel before they talk to law enforcement.

[@wahidjavid51]

In this case legal advice wouldn't help . He shot a person that alone is like a life sentence so doesn't matter if he got a lawyer before he spoke or not

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

you'd also think they'd live a more austere life to not draw attention. all luck and training, no brains apparently.

[@towtruckaj]

Well in his case it wouldn't make an ounce of difference, He had detailed notes of the crimes and the amount stolen, the gun linked by ballistics to the crimes with matching ammunition to what he shot at every scene, matching disguises, matching vehicle in his wife name, etc. It's like when you played hide an seek as a kid and got away with a spot for so long that the seeker gave up, if that ever happened to you the likelihood of you explaining your spot and all the close encounters is likely because you know that it doesn't much matter anymore but it is funny to describe and take pride in your spot.

[@tritesy]

@@wahidjavid51 Dude... If you shoot someone that's all the more reason to get a lawyer lmao. Like wtf are you talking about? Doesn't matter what the crime is, getting a lawyer and having legal counsel ALWAYS helps. Sometimes they can find loopholes or things that can greatly help your case. It's all words, specifics, and tricks of the trade.

[@wahidjavid51]

@@tritesy i know that bro and understand that . But some cases are just open and close you kill or shoot somneone theres no way out thats what i was saying

[@Federer20Goat]

New yawkkkkkkkk offfice

[@lockedandloaded9816]

Boston accent? Lol

[@rocioaguilera3555]

The title is wrong. This case was solved.

[@jeffyeager1997]

The shootist doesn't even make sense...

[@nickferraro9736]

How do you rob almost 20 banks and not get millions

[@peterwest9502]

He was only going for the drawers, not the vaults. Vaults are time consuming and increase chance of getting caught exponentially.

[@80603lv]

Go to your own bank and try to withdrawal even 6-7k they won’t have it and you’ll have to “schedule” a day to get it

[@skdjirrrdjdm3926]

He said he robbed 56 in total. The FBI only had 48 on him. Still a lot tho

[@PattyBandAidz]

Most people don't realize how easy it is to rob a bank, if you're believable enough to the tellers, you're guaranteed to walk (or run) out of there with money ..... BUT, what most people who actually go through with robbing a bank don't realize is that the capture rate of bank robbers is like 98% .... so unless you're a criminal mastermind, don't do it

[@PattyBandAidz]

Also, this guy literally hit every enhancement possible in the commission of a bank robbery .... threat of bodily harm or death (check) dangerous weapon (check) brandishing (check) discharging (check) monetary enhancements i.e. $20,000 = more time / $100,000 = more time, and so on and so on (check) actually SHOOTING someone! (check) .....this guy just said fcck it, big time....

[@greatestever7623]

@@PattyBandAidz factsssssss

[@showbread9366]

Not easy at all in not so many words

[@hillelisreal2983]

The only reason they get caught is because their ego encourages them to do it again.

[@PattyBandAidz]

@@showbread9366 What I mean is that it's easy to commit the act itself, it's not easy to get away with ... in my own personal experience (which landed me 36 months in the BOP - otherwise known as "The feds") all I did was go in with a note, made them belive i had a weapon, and I was in and out in less than 3 minutes....did this 5 times before I was finally caught by the FBI ... my point is, anyone who is in bad enough shape to think about doing this, just DONT .. I promise you they will catch you

[@Lethal-On-YT]

I’m very confused they said that he was using his alias Robert Hall to get into the hotel but at 43:49 the hotel lady calls him by his real name. She says Mr Williams the office is ready for you. And he didn’t even react why would he not even say anything when the hotel lady is calling him by his real name when he was using his alias

[@Lethal-On-YT]

@Ben Jones or these actors are just ass 🤣

[@big.g.fromohio3546]

A cop told me a long time ago if criminals weren’t dumber than cops they would never solve any crime. This proves it.

[@karthickjayaraman2090]

😂😂

[@friendsofthegerund7693]

18:10 Past perfect tense of "strike" is "stricken", not "struck". Disregard unauthoritative infiltrators into the dictionary business. Minus 1 point. Few seconds later: "move" is a verb, "movement" is a noun. Minus 1 point.

[@jgedutis]

The FBI put the hotel employee at risk by having him go to the room of an armed bank robber

[@shajanjacob1576]

We know they are such COWARDS

[@carlwilliams6977]

Agreed! That was a really stupid move, fuelled by impatience. 1. What motel in their right mind would have a maintenance guy knock on the door, for routine maintenance, of an occupied room? If you disturbed me for THAT, I'd be pissed! He should have been suspicious, and he blew it off anyway! At the very least, they should have faked an emergency, like a gas or water leak, and used an FBI agent. Or, cut the power and have HIM complain. If he took that hotel employee hostage, they would have looked really silly! 2. If they were that afraid of him, they knew somebody was in there. They should have just waited.

[@CarlosGonzalez-mg9cq]

That’s crazy he almost got away if it wasn’t for the call that they got saying they knew who the robber was and all the info he gave,

[@greatestever7623]

Cases like these are 9/10 solved by someone from the public otherwise the laws would never who it is nonetheless this dude was a robbery addict so getting busted was inevitable

[@Roedygr]

Surely it would pay the banks to invest in higher quality surveillance cameras.

[@stevenclevenger3306]

Good documentary besides the very misleading title of which this doesn't seam to b unsolved folks

[@johngillon6969]

the F.B.I. agent wasn't so smart. He complained that he took so many notes in the interview that his hand got cramps. Hell there was a perfectly good I.B.M. Selectric Typewriter in that office where they busted him. Go figure.

[@Mork2001]

Would have taken longer to type i guess 😊

[@masturbates]

"At the time, DNA analysis is expensive and time consuming." Hmmm, worth about 5+ years of multi department investigations and well over half a million dollars? 😂 (i know codis didn't exist yet)

[@rajeevkaushek7370]

Johnny was released in 2021. Wife in 2011

[@petejames1326]

can i write to him in admiration of his great skill? will he write a book about his career as the greatest bank robber in US history? where is he living now? did they give him a new identity?

[@rajeevkaushek7370]

@@petejames1326 greatest bank robber? think not this one is a frontrunner though he had a team to support him and not solo or a duo kzbin.info/www/bejne/en_Wn3mnoqZkjK8

[@wesjames6060]

Sketchy camera quality, no advantage of internet for law enforcement, cases rely heavily on eye witnesses (notoriously unreliable). Gotta say that sounds like the golden age for bank robbers.

[@4.5.0.Garage]

It was the golden age for dirty cops

[@4.5.0.Garage]

But definitely golden age for crime

[@blackadam6445]

That’s why he did two in one day when he hit the bank that slipped a dye can in the money bag. He thought to himself “who’s really gonna stop me if I go right across town and do the same thing” Wild times for sure

[@wesjames6060]

@@blackadam6445 yea just a fake mustache and you're good to go

[@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916]

@@wesjames6060 I would have 100% been doing this shit if I was born 100 years ago. Too easy to get away.

[@masonldn8647]

He was released from Prison in January this year and his wife came out in 2011

[@davechristian7543]

wow ok #Cheers !

[@williamdougie6213]

Out of the closet?

[@masonldn8647]

@@williamdougie6213 yeah and she left u inside

[@clownworld5474]

Wife is a lesbian?

[@williamdougie6213]

@@masonldn8647 word it properly

[@7vplay340]

43:53 mistake they said he checked in under his alias Hall but she called him Mr Williams he should of said how do you know my name

[@RA-qq8nf]

It’s the only time I’m rooting for the bad guy. I don’t know why😂