1977 Arizona armored car robbery

The 1977 Arizona armored car robbery was an armed robbery of an armored car that took place along Interstate 17 in which the two guards of the car were murdered. The robbery was committed by brothers Michael Kent Poland and Patrick Gene Poland.[1] Both brothers were eventually executed for their parts in the crime, becoming one of two sets of brothers executed in Arizona, the others being the LaGrands.

The story was featured in episode 6, season 4 of The FBI Files on December 4, 2001.

  1. ^ "Death Row Diaries:Poland Brothers impersonated officers, robbed guards, dumped bodies in Lake Mead". abc15.com. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2020.