229: Walter Lamar and Stephen Chenoweth – Sleepover Bank Robbers, Part 1

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Retired agents Walter Lamar and Stephen Chenoweth review the nationwide manhunt of FBI Top Ten Most Wanted fugitives Terry Lee Conner and Joseph William Dougherty. Conner and Dougherty met in prison and in the 1980s began working together in one of the most professional bank robbery operations in U.S. history. They would identify the bank manager and where he lived, hold him hostage the night before, and forcibly escort him to the bank where they would empty the vault. They were known as the "sleepover bank robbers." Their well-planned and methodical robberies netted them more than $1 million and, after their daring escape from custody, a place on the FBI and the U.S. Marshals' top wanted fugitives lists.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 229 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:13.0	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does
0:19.6	through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:25.0	Today we get to speak to retired agents, Walter Lamar, and Stephen Chenoweth.
0:32.4	In this episode, they review the nationwide manhunt of FBI top 10 Most One
0:40.0	at Fugitives, Terry Lee Connor and Joseph William Dochredy.
0:44.6	Connor and Doherty met in prison, and in the 1980s began working together in one of the most
0:51.1	professional bank robbery operations in US history.
0:55.0	They would identify the bank manager and where he lived,
0:59.0	hold him hostage the night before, and then forcibly escort him to the bank where they would empty out the bank's vault.
1:07.0	Connor and Dochardy's well-planned and methodical robberies netted them more than $1 million.
1:15.1	After their arrest and then shocking escape from custody,
1:20.1	they were placed on the FBI and the U.S. Marshals top one at Fugitus list.
1:25.6	Case agent Steve Chenoweth led the investigation and the arrest of Connor in Chicago, and Walter Lamar led the arrest of Connor in Chicago and Walter Lamar led the arrest of
1:35.3	Dachriti in the San Francisco division.
1:38.4	Walter Lamar served in the FBI for 18 years. He was assigned to the San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and
1:47.2	Oklahoma City divisions, where he used traditional and sophisticated techniques to conduct, participate, and direct investigations
1:56.7	involving violent crimes, fugitives, illegal narcotics, criminal conspiracies, organized crime, public corruption, and domestic terrorism.
2:06.5	Twice during his Bureau of Career, Walt was presented the FBI Shield of Bravery for actions taken in the immediate aftermath of the Oklahoma
2:17.4	City federal building bombing and during a running gun battle with an armed felon.
2:23.5	An enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana and a descendant of the Wichita
2:29.1	Tribe of Oklahoma, Walt left the FBI two years before retirement to accept an appointment as the Deputy
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