Donald Richard Bussmeyer
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Donald Richard Bussmeyer (born August 16, 1936) is an American criminal who was a member of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list in 1967.[1]
Life as a criminal
Bussmeyer was a career criminal with prior convictions for auto theft, attempted burglary, assault with intent to kill and armed robbery.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On March 2, 1967, he and two accomplices, James Alaway and Russell Jones, robbed $75,000 from a Los Angeles bank, which made him a federal fugitive.[2]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Arrest
Alaway was arrested on March 9 and later sentenced to 17 years imprisonment. Jones was arrested on March 10 and later sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Bussmeyer was able to evade authorities and, after being indicted on federal bank robbery charges in April, he was officially added as the 251st fugitive to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list on June 28, 1967.[3]
Due to large media coverage and publicity,[4]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Bussmeyer was traced to a safehouse in Upland, California[5] within two months. On August 24 Bussmeyer was arrested at the safehouse along with his wife Hallie and associate Gene Harrington.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Although two pistols were found in the house, Bussmeyer offered no resistance.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". His identity was confirmed by a tattoo reading "Don Bussmeyer Loves Joyce" on his chest.[2]
Hallie Bussmeyer and Harrington was held in federal custody for harboring a federal fugitive, while Bussmeyer, held under a $200,000 bond, would eventually be tried and convicted of the Los Angeles bank robbery.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Bussmeyer was released from prison on December 29, 1994.[6]
References
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- ↑ Born in Missouri according to a 1940 census. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
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- ↑ Newton, Michael. Encyclopedia of Robbers, Heists, and Capers. New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002; Template:ISBN.
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