March 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery

March 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery
DateMarch 29, 1997 (1997-03-29)
LocationJacksonville, Florida
TypeBank robbery
MotiveTheft of $18.8 million
TargetLoomis Fargo & Company
ConvictedPhilip Noel Johnson
Sentence25 years imprisonment

Philip Noel Johnson (born 1964)[1] is a former armored car driver employed by Loomis Fargo & Company[2] in Jacksonville, Florida. He is notable for the theft of 18.8 million dollars, at the time the largest heist ever pulled off.

  1. ^ Karl Vick (1997-07-27). "HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? HE'S 33, SINGLE, LONELY, GROUCHY, RUMPLED AND VERY POSSIBLY THE RICHEST THIEF WHO EVER LIVED". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  2. ^ "Suspect in $22 million armored-car heist arrested". CCN News. August 31, 1997. Archived from the original on December 20, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2019.