What is Bank robbery?
[[File:Marcos willians herbas camacho marcola.jpg|thumb]] A '''bank robbery''' is the [[crime]] of stealing (taking) [[money]] from a [[bank]]. Bank employees or customers are threatened with force or [[violence]]. It happens in both [[city|cities]] and [[town]]s. According to ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'', the first bank [[robbery]] in the [[United States]] happened in March 1831. On February 13, 1866, several men believed to be affiliated with [[Jesse James]] robbed Clay County Savings Association in [[Liberty, Missouri]]. During the robbery, the men shot a 19-year-old student. They then escaped with over $60,000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jesse James|publisher=Biography.com|url=https://www.biography.com/video/jesse-james-first-bank-robbery-30235203522|access-date=Jan 12, 2018|archive-date=August 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812095601/https://www.biography.com/video/jesse-james-first-bank-robbery-30235203522|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was Jesse James' first bank robbery. It may have been the 1st successful peacetime bank robbery in U.S. history. Bank robberies are usually done by men. Women who have robbed banks include [[Bonnie and Clyde|Bonnie Parker]], [[Patty Hearst]], and the Barbie Bandits. Bank robbery is a federal crime in the United States. ==References== <references/> [[Category:Robbery]] [[Category:Banks|Robbery]]