Jerry Lynn Young
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| Jerry Lynn Young | |
|---|---|
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| FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive | |
| Description | |
| Born | October 1942 |
| Died | December 2015 |
| Gender | Male |
| Status | |
| Convictions | Armed bank robbery |
| Caught | Jun 15, 1967 |
| Number | 248 |
| Captured | |
Jerry Lynn Young (October 1942 – December 2015) was an American criminal and bank robber, appearing on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list in 1967.[1]
Born in Alabama, Young joined the U.S. Marine Corps in February 1961; however, finding military training and discipline too difficult, he eventually received a dishonorable discharge in March 1962 following his conviction for robbing $4,359 from a bank in Richlands, North Carolina. He also suffered from psoriasis and needed frequent treatments.[2]
Sentenced to six years' imprisonment, Young earned parole in August 1963, remaining on probation until March 1, 1967. The following day, armed with a shotgun, Young raided a bank in Asheville, North Carolina of $13,671 and, after shooting at a bank employee attempting to pursue Young, escaped in a stolen car.[3]
Young and his accomplice William Webb robbed a Graysville, Alabama bank of $93,952 making it the largest bank robbery in the state at that time.[4][5]
After being identified by photographs in a bank robbery in Olive Branch, Mississippi of $14,919 on April 14, Young was declared a federal fugitive and officially added as the 248th fugitive to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list on May 12, 1967.[4]
After only a month on the run, Young was arrested with accomplice Webb by FBI agents as they left their motel room in Akron, Ohio on June 15.[6] Despite Young's boast that he "would never be taken alive", Young peacefully surrendered to federal agents and was eventually convicted on a number of federal charges before returning to prison.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jerry Lynn Young.jpeg - 428x597". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Added To Ten Most Wanted". The Southeast Missourian. May 20, 1967. p. 21. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ^ "FBI Has Placed Mississippi Man On Wanted List". The Times-News. May 4, 1967. p. 6. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ^ a b "Robbers Get $93,952 From Graysville Bank". The Tuscaloosa News. Jun 15, 1967. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ^ "2 Seized in Bank Robbery". The Tuscaloosa News. Jun 16, 1967. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ^ "FBI Cleveland History | Federal Bureau of Investigation". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Archived from the original on 2024-11-29. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- Newton, Michael. Encyclopedia of Robbers, Heists, and Capers. New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002. ISBN 0-8160-4488-0
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