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Harrelson

Real Name: Thomas George Harrelson
Aliases: None known
Wanted For: Bank Robbery
Missing Since: November 26, 1986

Case[]

Details: Twenty-eight-year-old Thomas Harrelson is a member of the Neo-Nazi group "Aryan Nations." His fiancee's father is an outspoken white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan (KKK) leader. He is wanted for several bank robberies in multiple states, including Illinois and Indiana. The proceeds of these robberies are believed to be used to carry out terrorist activities. He had previously served time in California for a 1981 bank robbery. On August 1, 1986, he robbed the First National Bank in Rossville, Illinois. Following the robbery, he was involved in a shootout with a police officer. Fortunately, no one was injured. However, he was able to elude capture.
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Results: Captured. On February 9, 1987, Harrelson was arrested after he and two accomplices robbed the Drayton State Bank in eastern North Dakota of $2,807. The arrest was made after a bank employee chased the trio, who had taken a family of four hostage. After the police became involved, they surrendered peacefully.
Two months later, Harrelson pleaded guilty to the robberies in North Dakota and Illinois, along with others in Indiana, Arkansas, Minnesota, and Ohio. He was sentenced to seventeen years for the Illinois robbery, another seventeen years for the North Dakota robbery, and fifteen years for each of the charges in the four other states, which ran concurrently with the North Dakota sentence. Harrelson also served time in federal prison for his role in the robberies. He was released from there on March 24, 2003.
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