Episode 227: Patrick Dugan – Serial Bank Robber, America’s Most Wanted

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

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🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Patrick Dugan reviews his investigation of John Grubb, a serial bank robber who had been previously convicted of bank robbery, and began a new spree after his release from prison in 1994. The Grubb’s crimes were a combination of note jobs and armed robberies that took place all around the country. In 1998, Pat Dugan requested that Grubb be featured on America’s Most Wanted. he attended the live broadcast with Delaware State Police Sgt. Mark Hawk and agent Scott Duffey. A live tip was called in to the show, resulting in the quick apprehension of Grubb. At the time, the arrest, which took only 4 or 5 hours from phone call to handcuffs, set a record as the fastest America’s Most Wanted capture. Pat Dugan served in the FBI for 22 years.

This episode is a celebration of the return of America’s Most Wanted to TV. Retired agents Jim Clemente and Tim Clemente of X-G Productions, Inc. are the production team behind the AMW reboot.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 227 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.0	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:18.3	my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:23.0	Today we get to speak to a retired agent, Patrick Dugan, who served in the FBI for 22
0:29.8	years.
0:30.8	For his entire bureau career, he was assigned to the Baltimore Division where he was initially
0:36.2	placed on a violent crimes and major offender, VCMO Squad.
0:42.0	In this episode, Pat reviews his investigation of John Grubb, a serial bank robber who had
0:49.3	been previously convicted of bank robbery and began a new spree after his release from
0:55.2	prison in 1994.
0:57.8	Grubb's crimes were a combination of note jobs and arm robberies that took place all over
1:04.4	the country.
1:05.4	Pat requested that Grubb be featured on the TV show America's Most Wanted.
1:11.6	And in 1998, he and Delaware State Police Sergeant Mark Hawke and now retired FBI agent
1:20.6	Scott Duffy attended the live broadcast of the show.
1:25.8	During the episode, a live tip was called into the show, resulting in the apprehension
1:30.8	of Grubb just a few hours later.
1:33.9	At the time of the arrest, which took place between phone call and handcuffs about four
1:39.9	or five hours, a AMW record was set as the show's fastest capture.
1:47.0	Later in his career, Pat served on the Baltimore Joint Terrorist Task Force and was the bank
1:53.0	robbery coordinator, the behavioral analysis unit coordinator, crisis management coordinator
1:59.1	and a member of the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Card Team.
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