robbery

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Appeared in the January 15, 2026, print edition as 'Grave Robbery Spreads Across America'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Joshua Byers of the Robbery Homicide Division successfully persuaded a judge to bar the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

"This is bigger than Hatton Garden, Brink's-Mat and the Great Train Robbery combined," says one of the investors, Michael Moszynski, an advertising executive.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

According to biographer Conway, in his book King of Heists: The Sensational Bank Robbery of 1878 That Shocked America, the reason was actually quite juvenile.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023

That the spirited opening chapters of Robbery under Arms should have been thought lightly of by Australian editors when the serial rights of the story were offered to them is somewhat astonishing.

From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond