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After a 52-year chase, authorities ID the man behind an infamous Ohio bank heist

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.
Theodore John Conrad was only 20 years old when he robbed the Society National Bank in Cleveland on July 11, 1969, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

After more than 50 years, the man responsible for one of the most notorious bank robberies in Ohio history has been identified.

Theodore John Conrad was only 20 years old when he robbed the Society National Bank in Cleveland on July 11, 1969, according to the . Conrad

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