Cowboy Bob The Robber Successfully Committed Five Large-Scale Bank Robberies In The 90s
For a one-year period between 1991 and 1992, a mysterious figure wearing a 10-gallon hat and a pair of black sunglasses successfully committed five large-scale bank robberies.
Bank tellers called the robber “Cowboy Bob” because of his hat, his calm, consistent manner, and his politeness. He was also always unarmed and never, ever spoke a word out loud.
During his heists, Cowboy Bob would avoid the security cameras and check each bill for marks or dye packs, which were small devices that would stain the cash and the thief red when activated by radio.
Afterward, he would exit the bank, place a stolen license plate on the back of his 1975 Pontiac Grand Prix, and drive away.
Cowboy Bob was difficult to track down. Because of the hat, tellers were never able to see his face. The only description the police had of him was that he was five feet and ten inches tall, had a slight beer belly, and sported graying hair and a thick beard.
Police couldn’t match the car to anyone fitting that description due to the stolen license plates. They continued to trace license plate numbers until they came up with a real name. When they finally identified the culprit, they couldn’t believe their eyes.
One day, in 1992, Cowboy Bob made a mistake. He neglected to replace his real license plate number with a fake.
A customer at the bank managed to write down the number and reported it to the police. They traced the number to a car dealer in Dallas named Pete Tallas.
They arrested Tallas but later found out he had bought the car for his sister, Peggy Jo Tallas, as a gift.
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When the FBI tracked Peggy Jo down, they expected to encounter a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde couple.
Peggy Jo must be Cowboy Bob’s young, wild girlfriend who acted as his getaway driver. However, they arrived at Peggy Jo’s house to find a maternal, middle-aged woman who lived with and took care of her sick mother.
The FBI agents questioned her, and after searching her home, they found the getup that Cowboy Bob wore during his robberies.
Former FBI agent Steve Powell also noticed a thin line of glue above Peggy Jo’s upper lip and flecks of gray dye in her hair.
He put two and two together, realizing that she was Cowboy Bob. They discovered that the bank robberies started after her mother fell ill.
Peggy Jo was arrested and convicted of three bank robberies. She served three years in prison. When she was released, she relocated to a small town and began working at a marina.
She had a nice, quiet life and was loved by the community. But soon, she grew bored and decided to rob a bank one last time.
However, she was careless and didn’t notice the dye pack that the teller had slipped in with the cash.
As she headed back to her RV, the dye pack went off. The police chased her down, and when the RV stopped, the officers jumped out of their vehicles with their guns.
Peggy Jo pointed a toy gun at them, which looked real, causing the police to open fire. She was killed instantly, ending the crime spree of Cowboy Bob.
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