Legal Opinion
United States v. Ray Lewis Bowman, A.K.A. Charles Clark
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 12, 2000No. 99-30120PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
One of the most successful partnerships in the nation’s history began more than a quarter of a century ago in Kansas City, Missouri and ended in 1997 with the arrests of Ray Lewis Bowman and William Arthur Kirkpatrick. They were known as the “Trench Coat Robbers.” Their last hit, at Seafirst Bank in Lakewood, Washington, netted a record $4.4 million.
Both expert locksmiths, they would enter banks just before or just after business hours through locked doors. Wearing wigs, fake mustaches and beards, fedoras, baseball caps, tarns, or fisherman’s caps, and glasses or…
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