heist

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Pulitzer winner Stephen Adly Guirgis adapts the classic Sidney Lumet film about a Brooklyn bank heist in a production starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The January heist in New York was the latest in a string of thefts targeting collectors of Pokemon, the Japanese media franchise that marks its 30th anniversary on Friday.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

In a Los Angeles County jewelry heist, investigators last year linked a burner phone from a traffic accident to the heist location and to other crimes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The sums were small compared with last year’s heist of France’s crown jewels from the museum, which was valued at around $100 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

You think those thuggish chaps in movie heist gangs fall out a bit too quickly and mindlessly?

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author