Theodore John Conrad made off with $215,000 — or around $1.7 million in 2021 dollars — when he robbed the bank where he worked as a teller in 1969, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Las Vegas police say an armed suspect was surrounded by officers but refused to surrender following a bank robbery and a shooting involving police near a busy crossroads on the city's west side.
Peter Houlahan's account of the violent robbery and its aftermath is based on interviews with civilians, officers and robbers involved; his prose reads like a crime novel in the best way possible.
