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An unassuming building
in downtown Los Angeles
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filled with cash.
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There's millions and millions
of dollars in this facility.
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Six friends decide
they want what's inside.
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They had everything
planned to the T.
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Can these amateur thieves
become a professional crew
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and hit the jackpot?
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And now, let's go, let's go.
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It's on.
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Or will the score of a
lifetime get them all killed?
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This is most definitely
not part of the plan.
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The masterminds
behind every great heist
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see what most people don't...
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risking everything to pull off
the score of a lifetime.
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It takes a bold plan...
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The right team,
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and the skill to stay
one step ahead of the law.
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The group of friends
attempting this robbery
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has never been in trouble
with the law before.
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But tonight,
they're risking everything
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on one amateur mastermind's
bold plan to steal millions.
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At the time, LA is known
as the bank robbery capital
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of the world,
but their target isn't a bank.
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It's the place that supplies
banks with their cash.
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The Dunbar Armored
facility actually houses
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on any given day
well over $100 million,
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as does all
of their competitors,
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Brinks, or any of the other
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local armored
transport companies.
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Dunbar Armored depot has a
lot less security than a bank,
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but does have a lot more cash.
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But the average
stickup guy can't just
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go in and rob the joint.
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The South Mateo Street location
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was a one-level building.
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It was very similar
to a warehouse,
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and it was very indiscreet,
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other than the trucks pulling
in and out of the facility.
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On the outside,
it's a very drab, beige color
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that wouldn't attract attention.
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But on the inside, it's
a 26,000 square foot facility
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with lots of different offices
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and lots of different
security features.
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As you enter, there is
a very elite alarm system,
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in addition to all
of the surveillance cameras,
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which were well in excess
of 20, 25 cameras.
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The main security station is
located in the lunchroom area.
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There are monitors
that show the CCTV footage
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from all angles
of the facility.
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Security guards watch
the monitors 24 hours a day.
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Armed drivers wearing
bulletproof vests
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come and go at all hours.
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There are
bullet-resistant doors
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in front
of the vault prep area.
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The vault prep area
is a secure room
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outside the vault door
where every dollar is counted
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and wrapped
with a Dunbar band.
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The door to that room
is locked 24/7.
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And of course, you have
an 18-inch impregnable vault.
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There's enough surveillance,
firepower, and security
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to deter most
ordinary criminals.
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But 28-year-old Allen Pace
isn't a criminal at all.
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He's just an employee
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who's surrounded
by millions in cash
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and sees cracks
in Dunbar's armor.
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Allen Pace is the mastermind
of the heist.
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Allen Pace is just
a run-of-the-mill guy,
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somebody you might even lose
in the crowd if you saw him.
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He's just a regular dude,
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not involved
in any criminality
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prior to this incident.
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Some people viewed him
as a prankster.
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Some people thought
he was a little cocky.
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As a security guard,
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Allen Pace knows
how to use a gun.
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He knows how to use
radio headsets
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to communicate
with other guards.
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And more importantly, he knows
how to work under pressure.
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Allen Pace is responsible
for inspecting
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and maintaining the trucks,
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so he works at the Dunbar
storage facility full-time,
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and obviously observes
the routines.
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You get used to doing
the same thing the same way
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all the time,
and when people are watching
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and they pay attention,
this is that kind of
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internal knowledge
that's very helpful.
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I think it's only normal
that any average person would
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start looking at all
that money and fantasize
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about what it might be like
to take it.
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And maybe fantasy leads
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to taking a more critical look
around the facility,
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thinking, well, if I was
going to, how would I do it?
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Having a background
in security is a great way
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to learn how to commit
a bank robbery, right?
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Pace also learns
some key facts
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about how he might steal
the Dunbar millions
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from the girl
who stole his heart,
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Tamiko Carnes.
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Tamiko Carnes is
Allen Pace's girlfriend.
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She works at the Dunbar
facility as well,
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and her job is to manage
video security equipment.
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Tamiko's role at Dunbar
is incredibly beneficial
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for Allen Pace.
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She knows lots
of the security measures.
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And you can well imagine
that at home,
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there's a lot of pillow talk
about what goes on.
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Pace sees how a small crew
with the right game plan
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could actually pull off
a heist at Dunbar.
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Then, without warning,
his inside woman is out.
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She's fired
under suspicion of theft
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because there were some
money bags that were placed
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in a surveillance dead zone.
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And that, along with other
circumstantial evidence,
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is enough for the senior
executives to fire her.
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And when that happens,
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Pace's relationship
with Dunbar turns adversarial.
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And within a fairly
short space of time,
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one of Allen's
friends gets fired,
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and his girlfriend gets fired,
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and there's maybe starting
to build some animosity
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between Allen
and upper management.
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Pace decides to make
his fantasy a reality.
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But if he's going to attempt
the heist of his life,
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he'll need guys he trusts
with his life.
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He needs the right crew.
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His first choice,
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best friend, Eugene Hill.
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Eugene Hill is a good
friend of Pace's.
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He's actually the first guy
that he brings on board.
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They've known each other
for a long, long time,
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and they actually have worked
together as security officers
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at a variety
of different venues.
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Eugene Hill also has
no criminal background.
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For Pace to pull this off,
he'll need a bigger team.
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Allen Pace has a challenge,
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because if he approaches
the wrong person,
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the whole plan could be foiled.
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He has to recruit guys
that are open
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to pushing the boundaries.
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And really,
it takes a lot of guts
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in order to do
something like that.
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But this isn't
the kind of job
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you post in the classifieds.
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He meets with a couple
of friends in the parking lot
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after church and sketches out
his plan in chalk.
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I mean, to be able
to get individuals
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that have never committed
crimes like this,
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you really have to be
a pretty dynamic person.
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These guys, they really need
to be convinced
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that this is something
that they should do,
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which speaks
to how much they trust Pace.
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Trust is good,
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but Pace knows his can't-miss
plan will seal the deal.
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He shows his friends
how the cold, hard facts
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lead to cold, hard cash.
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Pace sketches out a rough
layout of the facility.
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He maps out each
of their movements
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and each step
that they have to take
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to dodge the security cameras.
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It's definitely
a plan in progress,
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but Pace's confidence
is contagious.
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Two more of his friends agree
to risk everything
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for a colossal score.
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Freddie McCrary Jr.
is one of the guys
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that are brought in early on.
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He works as a security guard
at a church.
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And him and Pace are
really good friends.
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They actually knew each other
since they were ten years old,
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and he's a bit
of a teddy bear.
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They've done security
at churches,
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at nightclubs as bouncers.
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And having grown up together,
I would imagine
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that there's more
of a brotherhood-type bond
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between the two of them.
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Freddie McCrary Jr. is someone
that Allen trusted
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probably with his life.
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The next person
is Terry Brown.
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He met Terry Brown through one
of his jobs working security.
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As a matter of fact,
Pace started a security company
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with Brown and McCrary.
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Pace now has a trusted
crew of three,
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but to keep his plan
moving forward,
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he needs to case
the Dunbar facility.
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And that means taking pictures
and risks.
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This is really where
the rubber meets the road
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in this plan, because he is
then able to do things
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like take pictures of employees
under the guise of safety.
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What he's really doing
is creating dossiers
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on the Dunbar employees
his crew could
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encounter during the heist.
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He's also taking pictures
of the CCTV cameras
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they'll have to avoid.
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He is able to check
on surveillance cameras
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and where they are recording
and what they're recording.
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Of course,
there's always the chance
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someone will ask him
what the heck he's doing.
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Allen Pace is using
his day job
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at Dunbar Armored depot
as a cover to plan a heist.
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And he's just attracted
some unwanted attention.
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Allen Pace,
as a safety manager,
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is able to go around
and take photos.
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And even if he does
get caught doing it,
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no one really suspects
anything fishy is going on.
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He is able
to use his position
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in order to further
his criminal enterprise.
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Allen Pace now
has procured photos.
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He has more details
on the facility.
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And he calls in
a second meeting.
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So Allen envisions the caper
going down like this.
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Pace and his crew travel
to the Dunbar facility
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in two vehicles.
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Some of them ride in the truck
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that they're gonna use
to store the money,
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some of them ride
in a personal vehicle.
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They'll take the freeway,
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stash the second car
a few blocks from Dunbar,
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then all ride in the rental
truck to the depot,
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letting themselves in
with Allen's key.
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They'll go in
on a Friday night
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when there's the most amount
of cash in the vault
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and security is the lightest.
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The door actually
to the vault is also left open
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on Friday because they were
dealing with so much money.
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They were counting
so much money,
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and then they were gonna
have to put this in the vault.
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So to save a step,
they leave the vault door open.
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Pace will instruct the team
on which cash is safe to take
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and which should be
left behind.
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What they definitely
don't want
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are the freshly-minted bills
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that are in sequential order
and very traceable.
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They'll avoid
all the security cameras.
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He knows all the positions.
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There's a single
security guard on duty.
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They'll time it
so that they go in
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when he's on his lunch break.
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The only people
that they really need
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to concern themselves with,
in terms of corralling
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and controlling,
are the three or four people
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that he's expecting
to be in the facility
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along with the night
security guard.
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Then they need to get
into the vault prep area
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fast enough
to grab the dispatcher
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before he can hit
the panic button.
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They'll subdue all
the employees in the building,
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grab the money,
throw it into a truck,
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and be in and out before
anyone knows what's happened.
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To avoid suspicion,
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Pace won't participate
in the heist himself.
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He's relying on his friends
to get this job done.
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He's going to give them
all the information they need.
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He's going to plan out
the whole thing for them.
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He's going to coach them up,
make sure they know
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exactly what they need to do,
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but he's not going
to participate in the robbery.
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He's going to stay
a Dunbar employee
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and wake up the next day
with no one being the wiser.
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Pace refines his plan
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and knows his crew will need
help controlling the guards.
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And that's where
Thomas Johnson comes in.
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Thomas Johnson is originally
from Las Vegas.
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He's also friends
with some of the guys.
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He's done security as well.
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These guys are like
birds of a feather.
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They all flock together.
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They have the commonality of,
we do security.
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As the meetings progress,
there's more and more details.
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He's got information
on the security system.
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He's got pictures
of the employees
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with their names
and what they will be doing.
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Pace instructs his men
to wear dark clothing.
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They're going to wear masks.
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They're going to put gloves
over their hands.
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They're going to try
to hide their identities
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as best as humanly possible.
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They also talk about things
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that only an insider
would know--
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the timing of the cameras that
are on a rotating schedule
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as they enter the facility.
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25 cameras are
in fixed positions,
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so their feed rotates
through the handful
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of monitors
at the guard station.
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The crew needs to avoid
being caught on camera
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and has some inside intel.
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Tamiko's position at Dunbar
was the video manager
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over the equipment,
which means that she, too,
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has intimate internal
institutional knowledge
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about how they conduct surveillance
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over their employees
once inside the building,
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If this team of amateurs
has any hope
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of beating
the surveillance cameras,
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Pace needs to start
training them like pros.
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Allen Pace wants to prepare
his team for the robbery.
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They've never done anything
like this before.
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So they would have to have
done a little practice.
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You play like you practice.
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And as a security guard,
you want to make sure
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that you run through
the drill of,
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when we go in,
this is how we're gonna move,
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this is how we're gonna walk,
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this is who's gonna
go in first,
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this is the order.
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Everything has to be planned.
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You can't just go in
willy-nilly.
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Pace is determined that
nobody get hurt in the heist,
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but with armed guards
in the building,
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they can't go in empty-handed.
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Freddie McCrary supplies
the handguns,
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but all the guys are
familiar with this
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because of their job
as security.
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While they brought guns
just in case
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or to use
as an intimidation factor,
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he understands that
these people would go along
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if they saw armed men.
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I don't think
he wanted to hurt them.
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This wasn't about them.
This was about Dunbar.
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Allen Pace is feeling
very good about his plan.
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A few more weeks
to get the guys in shape,
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shave a few seconds
off their entry,
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and they'll be ready
to pull off the heist
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in late September.
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And then...
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This happens.
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The pieces are in place.
The team is set.
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Pace gets a call
from upper management.
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He's fired.
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Allen Pace is confident
that his friends can pull off
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a multi-million dollar heist
at Dunbar Armored.
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His plan hinges on them using
his key to sneak in.
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But then...
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He gets a game-changing
phone call.
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Allen Pace was terminated
from his position
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with Dunbar Armored on Friday,
September the 12th.
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The practical joker
is accused
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of tampering
with company vehicles.
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00:16:35,668 --> 00:16:38,376
But losing his job at this
stage is no laughing matter.
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He has to turn in his keys,
and what that does
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is that accelerates the plan
a little bit.
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When Pace gets the call
that he's being fired,
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he realizes
that he actually has
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to go on the robbery himself.
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If he sends these guys
in there unprepared,
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so many things could go wrong,
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00:16:54,210 --> 00:16:56,626
so he knows he's going
to have to go with them,
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lead the charge, and help
conduct the robbery himself.
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He had to kick it
into high gear.
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00:17:01,376 --> 00:17:03,543
They were going to have
to do this robbery immediately.
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00:17:06,585 --> 00:17:09,293
Pace calls his right-hand
man, Eugene Hill,
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00:17:09,418 --> 00:17:12,376
and tells him,
rent the U-Haul.
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He tells the others,
it's go time.
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00:17:18,460 --> 00:17:21,918
So Allen Pace knows that as
a recently terminated employee,
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he's going to be
a prime suspect.
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He knows that he's going
to need an alibi.
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00:17:25,835 --> 00:17:28,876
And Eugene Hill tells him that
his girlfriend is actually
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throwing a house party
in Long Beach,
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00:17:31,460 --> 00:17:34,085
and if they attended,
that's their solid alibi.
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People at this party,
no matter who you ask,
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are going to be able to vouch
for all of these guys.
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So their alibi is going
to be very strong.
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Before the party,
they meet at Hill's apartment.
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Pushing up the timeline
has Pace worried.
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Even with him leading the way,
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one man stays with the truck,
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one watches the guard,
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they could potentially
be outnumbered
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in the vault prep room.
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00:18:01,751 --> 00:18:04,251
Pace realizes
he needs another guy.
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00:18:04,376 --> 00:18:06,710
And that's when he engages
Erik Boyd.
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00:18:10,668 --> 00:18:12,043
Erik is a little bit different.
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00:18:12,210 --> 00:18:15,168
He's the brother-in-law
of Allen Pace.
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00:18:15,293 --> 00:18:17,043
While he's done a little bit
of security,
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00:18:17,210 --> 00:18:19,043
he's not really well-known
by the others.
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Maybe this was
an opportunity for Allen
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to bring in a family member,
his sister's husband,
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00:18:25,626 --> 00:18:27,543
and give her
the homie hookup as well.
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00:18:29,751 --> 00:18:31,126
Since he hasn't been
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00:18:31,251 --> 00:18:32,918
training like the rest
of them,
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00:18:33,085 --> 00:18:36,376
Boyd will man the U-Haul until
they secure the building.
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The final meeting
that took place,
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each of the individuals discussed
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00:18:46,710 --> 00:18:49,501
what their responsibilities
were going to be
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during the course
of the robbery.
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00:18:51,251 --> 00:18:55,543
Terry Brown supplies
the radio headsets.
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00:18:55,543 --> 00:18:57,710
The plan also includes
a safety measure.
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00:18:57,710 --> 00:18:59,960
The guys don't want to refer
to each other by names
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00:19:00,085 --> 00:19:03,251
during the robbery
to give away their identities,
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00:19:03,376 --> 00:19:05,710
so when they speak
to each other on the radios,
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00:19:05,710 --> 00:19:09,001
they say, "one to two"
or "two to three,"
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00:19:09,001 --> 00:19:11,043
and Allen Pace is number one.
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00:19:12,418 --> 00:19:14,876
One of the things
that everybody agrees to
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as they get ready
to embark on this endeavor
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is if anybody gets caught,
you don't talk.
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00:19:20,876 --> 00:19:24,626
And whoever is left
on the outside will take care
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00:19:24,751 --> 00:19:27,835
of whoever is incarcerated financially,
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00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,876
make sure
that their family is OK.
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00:19:30,001 --> 00:19:32,376
They're going in blind to
try to pull off this robbery,
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00:19:32,501 --> 00:19:33,876
so they must have had
an incredible amount
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00:19:34,001 --> 00:19:35,335
of trust in Allen.
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00:19:35,335 --> 00:19:37,251
And they must have really
wanted the money
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00:19:37,418 --> 00:19:38,751
to be able to go through
with it.
401
00:19:41,585 --> 00:19:43,710
That evening, they go
to a party in Long Beach.
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00:19:50,418 --> 00:19:52,960
When it gets close
to about 11:00 p.m.,
403
00:19:53,085 --> 00:19:56,668
they slip away from the party
one by one, unnoticed.
404
00:19:56,793 --> 00:19:58,793
Two of them get
into Hill's sedan,
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00:19:58,918 --> 00:20:02,710
and the other four get
into the rented U-Haul truck.
406
00:20:02,876 --> 00:20:03,751
It's a brilliant plan,
407
00:20:03,876 --> 00:20:05,585
because when they're done
with the heist,
408
00:20:05,710 --> 00:20:08,168
come back,
and it's like they never left.
409
00:20:14,585 --> 00:20:15,543
As they drive
to the facility,
410
00:20:15,668 --> 00:20:16,876
the adrenaline is rushing.
411
00:20:17,001 --> 00:20:19,043
This is the biggest thing
they've ever even attempted
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00:20:19,210 --> 00:20:21,501
to pull off, and now they're
minutes away from doing it.
413
00:20:23,335 --> 00:20:24,835
They avoid
their first potential
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00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,501
roadblock of the night.
415
00:20:26,501 --> 00:20:29,918
Traffic is light
on LA's 710 freeway.
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00:20:32,626 --> 00:20:36,126
The Dunbar depot is located
in downtown Los Angeles.
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00:20:36,251 --> 00:20:37,710
And it's a pretty
desolate area.
418
00:20:37,710 --> 00:20:39,043
There's no stores.
419
00:20:39,210 --> 00:20:40,835
There's no homes,
no restaurants.
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00:20:40,835 --> 00:20:43,085
So anyone who's wandering
around there
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00:20:43,251 --> 00:20:46,043
without any particular reason
is looking pretty suspicious.
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00:20:48,251 --> 00:20:50,460
They drive
to the Dunbar facility.
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00:20:50,585 --> 00:20:52,460
The guys that are in the back
of the U-Haul,
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00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:54,751
once they get situated nearby,
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00:20:54,918 --> 00:20:58,585
they park and they change into
their costume, if you will,
426
00:20:58,710 --> 00:21:01,585
gloves, mask, black clothing.
427
00:21:04,210 --> 00:21:05,710
They have one last moment
428
00:21:05,710 --> 00:21:07,168
that is their point
of no return.
429
00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:29,876
These five ordinary guys
are risking their lives
430
00:21:29,876 --> 00:21:33,835
on the only heist their friend,
Allen Pace, has ever planned.
431
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,501
And right out of the gate,
they get a lucky break.
432
00:21:37,626 --> 00:21:40,043
Pace recognizes
the night dispatcher's
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00:21:40,168 --> 00:21:42,751
pickup truck parked outside.
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00:21:42,876 --> 00:21:45,501
He knew that
that particular truck belonged
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00:21:45,501 --> 00:21:48,460
to one of the employees
inside the facility,
436
00:21:48,585 --> 00:21:51,710
and he knew that one
of the surveillance cameras
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00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:56,293
was positioned directly at
that truck and would not move.
438
00:21:56,418 --> 00:21:59,085
The dispatcher's soft spot
for his new truck
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00:21:59,210 --> 00:22:02,501
creates a surveillance
blind spot at the front door.
440
00:22:02,501 --> 00:22:05,876
On a signal from Pace,
the heist is on.
441
00:22:12,585 --> 00:22:14,751
So they move up to
the facility commando-style.
442
00:22:14,876 --> 00:22:16,585
The guys are dressed
all in black.
443
00:22:16,751 --> 00:22:19,585
They've got two-way radios.
They've got their guns.
444
00:22:19,710 --> 00:22:21,918
They use Pace's key
to get in the front door.
445
00:22:23,501 --> 00:22:27,043
We suspected that Pace
either kept a key
446
00:22:27,168 --> 00:22:29,043
or duplicated some of his keys
447
00:22:29,043 --> 00:22:32,585
prior to surrendering them
at the time he was terminated.
448
00:22:34,293 --> 00:22:37,626
Now in order
to make it from the door
449
00:22:37,751 --> 00:22:40,876
that they've entered
all the way to the lunchroom,
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00:22:41,043 --> 00:22:44,543
they have to dodge a series
of surveillance cameras.
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00:22:44,543 --> 00:22:48,460
And what they've done
is they've timed
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00:22:48,585 --> 00:22:50,418
when this camera's
looking this way,
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00:22:50,585 --> 00:22:52,501
they will sneak over here.
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At this point,
this is when the hand signals
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00:22:54,918 --> 00:22:56,585
and the non-communication
comes in,
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00:22:56,751 --> 00:22:57,710
because they don't want
anybody to know
457
00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,335
that they're in the facility.
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00:22:59,335 --> 00:23:02,668
So it's a slow move
down this corridor
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00:23:02,793 --> 00:23:06,793
to the lunchroom,
where they ultimately make it
460
00:23:06,918 --> 00:23:09,710
without being spotted
on the surveillance cameras.
461
00:23:09,835 --> 00:23:11,918
They make it
to the lunchroom undetected,
462
00:23:12,085 --> 00:23:15,210
but their plan depends
on the armored guard appearing
463
00:23:15,335 --> 00:23:19,168
where Pace expects him to be
at exactly the right time.
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00:23:19,168 --> 00:23:20,418
Who do they see?
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00:23:20,543 --> 00:23:24,585
Mr. 12:00 midnight I got
to take my lunch break guy.
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00:23:24,710 --> 00:23:26,876
They see him,
and the first thing they do
467
00:23:27,001 --> 00:23:30,501
is gaffle him up,
tie him up with duct tape.
468
00:23:30,501 --> 00:23:32,251
He's got a .357 revolver.
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00:23:32,376 --> 00:23:33,585
They take that away from him,
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00:23:33,751 --> 00:23:35,710
as well as the keys
to the vault area.
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00:23:39,335 --> 00:23:41,376
Pace checks
the security monitors
472
00:23:41,501 --> 00:23:44,918
to verify there are only three
people in the vault prep room.
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00:23:45,085 --> 00:23:47,876
Now that they have
the guard's keys,
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00:23:47,876 --> 00:23:50,460
taking control of that room
should be no problem.
475
00:23:50,585 --> 00:23:53,543
Even though there's
a lot of planning
476
00:23:53,543 --> 00:23:55,460
that goes
into a heist like this,
477
00:23:55,585 --> 00:23:57,876
there are still the unknowns.
478
00:23:58,043 --> 00:24:00,376
There's always going
to be a variable
479
00:24:00,501 --> 00:24:02,710
that you can't account for.
480
00:24:04,501 --> 00:24:05,960
When they come out
of the lunchroom,
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00:24:06,085 --> 00:24:08,210
they see a driver guard
walking down the hallway.
482
00:24:10,251 --> 00:24:12,710
This is most definitely
not part of the plan.
483
00:24:22,668 --> 00:24:25,251
Eight minutes into
the Dunbar Armored depot heist
484
00:24:25,418 --> 00:24:27,251
and all is going as planned
485
00:24:27,376 --> 00:24:29,335
for Allen Pace and his crew--
486
00:24:29,335 --> 00:24:30,960
until now.
487
00:24:31,085 --> 00:24:33,501
As they're making a turn
out of the lunchroom,
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00:24:33,501 --> 00:24:36,376
they see another
guard coming out.
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00:24:36,501 --> 00:24:37,876
The guy's wearing
body armor.
490
00:24:37,876 --> 00:24:39,668
He's walking right
toward them.
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00:24:39,793 --> 00:24:41,168
This is a really
tense moment.
492
00:24:41,168 --> 00:24:43,418
This guy was not
supposed to be there.
493
00:24:43,543 --> 00:24:46,460
Pace knows the timing, he knows
the routines of everything.
494
00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:48,960
He knows that the guards
who drive the armored cars
495
00:24:49,085 --> 00:24:50,918
should have already been
in and out.
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00:24:54,126 --> 00:24:55,001
Luckily for the robbers,
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00:24:55,126 --> 00:24:56,960
the driver guard doesn't
have his weapon.
498
00:24:57,085 --> 00:24:59,043
He's already secured it elsewhere.
499
00:24:59,043 --> 00:25:01,418
They immediately push him
down on the floor,
500
00:25:01,543 --> 00:25:03,168
and they duct tape him as well.
501
00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:05,876
Once Pace and the other
individuals have
502
00:25:06,001 --> 00:25:08,543
the actual employees bound,
503
00:25:08,668 --> 00:25:10,543
one of the robbers
stands guard,
504
00:25:10,668 --> 00:25:13,168
and the remaining robbers then
make their way
505
00:25:13,168 --> 00:25:15,460
into the vault prep area.
506
00:25:15,585 --> 00:25:18,001
Pace peeks through
the bulletproof glass
507
00:25:18,001 --> 00:25:21,960
to confirm there are no
surprise Dunbar employees.
508
00:25:22,085 --> 00:25:25,001
Then it's time to see
if practice makes perfect.
509
00:25:28,918 --> 00:25:31,210
Pace and his guys storm
into the vault prep area
510
00:25:31,210 --> 00:25:33,251
using the keys they took
from the security guard.
511
00:25:35,210 --> 00:25:37,543
Now their next challenge
512
00:25:37,668 --> 00:25:42,543
is to subdue
three Dunbar employees.
513
00:25:42,668 --> 00:25:45,126
They see one dispatcher
sitting behind the desk
514
00:25:45,251 --> 00:25:48,835
and two bookkeepers
that are counting money.
515
00:25:48,835 --> 00:25:50,626
They're able to apprehend
the dispatcher
516
00:25:50,751 --> 00:25:53,085
before he's able
to hit the alarm button.
517
00:25:53,251 --> 00:25:55,335
As Pace and his guys are
subduing the employees
518
00:25:55,335 --> 00:25:57,293
in the vault prep area, they
shove them down to the ground.
519
00:25:57,418 --> 00:25:59,460
They're screaming and yelling,
520
00:25:59,585 --> 00:26:01,043
asking who else is
in the building,
521
00:26:01,043 --> 00:26:02,293
making sure they've
accounted for everyone.
522
00:26:02,418 --> 00:26:05,668
One of the women gets pushed
down to the ground so hard
523
00:26:05,668 --> 00:26:07,626
that she cries out in pain.
524
00:26:07,751 --> 00:26:09,543
One of them actually
injures her shoulder,
525
00:26:09,668 --> 00:26:12,168
and Pace,
in effort to comfort her,
526
00:26:12,168 --> 00:26:16,585
says, "Don't worry, baby,
everything's going to be OK."
527
00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:18,793
With the money counters
all accounted for,
528
00:26:18,918 --> 00:26:21,043
it's time to get down
to business.
529
00:26:24,418 --> 00:26:27,043
They immediately get on the
radio and notify the driver,
530
00:26:27,043 --> 00:26:29,085
Erik Boyd--
he's out in the U-Haul--
531
00:26:29,251 --> 00:26:31,251
to back it up
into the loading area
532
00:26:31,376 --> 00:26:34,043
so that they can begin
to load the bags of cash
533
00:26:34,168 --> 00:26:36,418
into the U-Haul.
534
00:26:36,585 --> 00:26:39,418
But while backing the truck
up to the loading dock,
535
00:26:39,543 --> 00:26:42,876
Boyd accidentally cracks
a taillight.
536
00:26:42,876 --> 00:26:46,376
Team focused on the cash,
no one notices.
537
00:26:47,876 --> 00:26:50,043
Allen knew that
on this Friday night,
538
00:26:50,043 --> 00:26:52,918
they were going to be bursting
at the seams with cash.
539
00:26:53,085 --> 00:26:55,710
And these funds were going to
be dispersed over the weekend
540
00:26:55,876 --> 00:26:58,335
to various ATMs
throughout Los Angeles.
541
00:26:58,335 --> 00:27:01,710
Allen begins instructing
all of the other robbers
542
00:27:01,835 --> 00:27:04,210
on which bags to get
and which bags not to get.
543
00:27:05,668 --> 00:27:07,626
There are certain bags
of cash
544
00:27:07,751 --> 00:27:09,251
that they don't want to touch.
545
00:27:09,376 --> 00:27:11,876
He has that internal
institutional knowledge.
546
00:27:12,043 --> 00:27:13,710
And much like
when you go to the bank,
547
00:27:13,835 --> 00:27:14,960
if you're committing robberies,
548
00:27:15,085 --> 00:27:17,251
you don't want to take
the dye pack.
549
00:27:17,376 --> 00:27:20,210
They take the cash
in the plastic shrink wrap
550
00:27:20,210 --> 00:27:22,835
and then they put them
into garbage bags.
551
00:27:22,835 --> 00:27:25,460
And from the garbage bags,
they put them in the bins.
552
00:27:25,585 --> 00:27:28,418
And then they wheel the bins
to the U-Haul truck.
553
00:27:28,543 --> 00:27:30,460
And now, let's go, let's go.
554
00:27:30,585 --> 00:27:31,668
It's on.
555
00:27:33,251 --> 00:27:34,793
We've got to get
as much money as we can
556
00:27:34,918 --> 00:27:37,001
as quickly as we can.
557
00:27:39,085 --> 00:27:42,210
The team's moving fast,
but Pace stays in control.
558
00:27:42,335 --> 00:27:44,376
There's a bin full of cash
in the back,
559
00:27:44,501 --> 00:27:46,085
enough to triple their take,
560
00:27:46,210 --> 00:27:50,126
but since Pace doesn't know
if the currency is marked,
561
00:27:50,251 --> 00:27:51,710
he leaves it behind.
562
00:27:51,876 --> 00:27:53,501
In this particular bin,
563
00:27:53,626 --> 00:27:57,710
there was somewhere between
$65 million and $70 million
564
00:27:57,876 --> 00:28:00,376
all in $20 bill denominations.
565
00:28:03,710 --> 00:28:05,668
30 minutes into the heist,
566
00:28:05,668 --> 00:28:08,085
the truck is stuffed
with cash.
567
00:28:08,210 --> 00:28:10,668
The crew can't leave behind
incriminating footage,
568
00:28:10,668 --> 00:28:12,460
so they take the VCR
569
00:28:12,585 --> 00:28:14,168
and recordings
from the guard room.
570
00:28:14,293 --> 00:28:16,668
There's another hidden
security measure
571
00:28:16,668 --> 00:28:20,043
to contend with,
but Pace's girlfriend, Tamiko,
572
00:28:20,210 --> 00:28:21,835
has told them
how to deal with that.
573
00:28:21,835 --> 00:28:24,710
She shares with Allen
that there is an office
574
00:28:24,710 --> 00:28:27,251
within the facility
where there's a secret
575
00:28:27,376 --> 00:28:30,876
backup recording
that goes on internally
576
00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:32,668
that no one else would
probably know.
577
00:28:32,793 --> 00:28:35,168
You have to remember
this is 1997.
578
00:28:35,168 --> 00:28:38,376
All the robbers had to do was
rip the security systems
579
00:28:38,376 --> 00:28:41,543
out of the wall, take the
recording equipment with them,
580
00:28:41,668 --> 00:28:43,585
and there would be no visual
evidence of the crime.
581
00:28:45,251 --> 00:28:46,793
Now that they've got
all of the tapes
582
00:28:46,918 --> 00:28:48,460
that they can
get their hands on,
583
00:28:48,585 --> 00:28:50,876
they need to make it look
like a real burglary.
584
00:28:51,043 --> 00:28:54,376
So they go about vandalizing
the interior of the office.
585
00:28:54,501 --> 00:28:56,960
They break a lock
on one of the front doors.
586
00:28:57,085 --> 00:28:58,585
Now they're ready
to make their big escape.
587
00:29:00,251 --> 00:29:02,543
They've taken so much money
588
00:29:02,668 --> 00:29:05,710
that two of the crew members
can't fit in this U-Haul.
589
00:29:08,251 --> 00:29:10,210
No one expected
that they would fill
590
00:29:10,210 --> 00:29:13,376
the back of that U-Haul
chest-high with bags of money.
591
00:29:13,501 --> 00:29:16,376
The plan was
to drop Pace and Hill off
592
00:29:16,543 --> 00:29:17,876
at their getaway car.
593
00:29:18,001 --> 00:29:19,751
But thanks to the success
of the heist,
594
00:29:19,876 --> 00:29:22,376
the U-Haul truck is too full.
595
00:29:22,501 --> 00:29:26,126
Now the best friends have
to find their own way out.
596
00:29:26,251 --> 00:29:28,376
So now how do we get back
to the getaway car?
597
00:29:28,501 --> 00:29:29,543
They can't walk.
598
00:29:29,543 --> 00:29:30,960
It's after midnight.
599
00:29:31,085 --> 00:29:33,001
You understand
the problem associated
600
00:29:33,126 --> 00:29:35,710
with two Black men walking
on the streets
601
00:29:35,710 --> 00:29:38,085
of downtown LA after midnight.
602
00:29:47,168 --> 00:29:50,293
The Dunbar heist team
has loaded so much cash
603
00:29:50,418 --> 00:29:52,876
into their rental truck
that Allen Pace
604
00:29:53,043 --> 00:29:55,168
and Eugene Hill
no longer have a ride
605
00:29:55,293 --> 00:29:57,751
to their getaway car
a few blocks away.
606
00:29:57,918 --> 00:29:59,793
They didn't want
to run the risk of being seen
607
00:29:59,918 --> 00:30:02,043
walking the streets
of Los Angeles after midnight,
608
00:30:02,043 --> 00:30:03,960
two Black men wearing
all black,
609
00:30:04,085 --> 00:30:06,376
ski masks, and gloves.
610
00:30:06,376 --> 00:30:09,835
But they have to make it back
to the getaway car fast.
611
00:30:11,376 --> 00:30:13,376
In that moment,
Pace exhibits a moment
612
00:30:13,501 --> 00:30:15,001
of really quick thinking.
613
00:30:15,001 --> 00:30:17,210
Allen knows the dispatcher
parks his pickup truck
614
00:30:17,335 --> 00:30:19,251
in the same place every night.
615
00:30:19,376 --> 00:30:20,918
Pace runs back
into the facility,
616
00:30:21,043 --> 00:30:22,876
grabs the guy's car keys,
617
00:30:22,876 --> 00:30:24,501
rushes back out.
618
00:30:24,501 --> 00:30:27,085
And Pace and Eugene Hill get
in that pickup truck
619
00:30:27,210 --> 00:30:29,210
and go back
to Eugene Hill's car,
620
00:30:29,210 --> 00:30:31,168
which is parked on the street
a couple blocks away.
621
00:30:32,793 --> 00:30:36,335
All six men make a clean
getaway from the Dunbar depot.
622
00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:38,085
They rendezvous
at Hill's apartment
623
00:30:38,210 --> 00:30:40,001
to stash the guns and gear,
624
00:30:40,001 --> 00:30:42,335
then change back
into their party clothes.
625
00:30:42,460 --> 00:30:45,460
Just 90 minutes
after leaving the party,
626
00:30:45,585 --> 00:30:46,793
they're ready to return
627
00:30:46,918 --> 00:30:49,668
and lock in their
rock-solid alibis.
628
00:30:49,668 --> 00:30:51,168
And when they get
to the party,
629
00:30:51,168 --> 00:30:53,001
they park the U-Haul truck
in front of the house.
630
00:30:53,001 --> 00:30:54,043
And they go right in.
631
00:30:54,168 --> 00:30:56,376
And it was
as if they never left.
632
00:30:58,460 --> 00:31:00,460
I personally would be
nervous as hell
633
00:31:00,585 --> 00:31:03,210
if a U-Haul truck full
of millions of dollars,
634
00:31:03,210 --> 00:31:06,043
so much money that I don't even
know exactly how much is in it,
635
00:31:06,168 --> 00:31:08,251
is just sitting
outside this party,
636
00:31:08,376 --> 00:31:11,376
right outside on the curb
in Long Beach, California.
637
00:31:15,085 --> 00:31:17,043
Back at the Dunbar Armored depot,
638
00:31:17,168 --> 00:31:21,168
the hostages have freed
themselves and called 911.
639
00:31:21,168 --> 00:31:24,126
Immediately,
Los Angeles Police Department
640
00:31:24,251 --> 00:31:26,668
dispatches units
to the facility,
641
00:31:26,668 --> 00:31:29,293
and the FBI was notified
642
00:31:29,418 --> 00:31:32,376
and responded to the robbery.
643
00:31:32,376 --> 00:31:34,376
When investigators
arrive on the scene,
644
00:31:34,501 --> 00:31:36,085
they start examining
the facility.
645
00:31:36,251 --> 00:31:38,043
One of the early things
they notice
646
00:31:38,043 --> 00:31:40,376
is that there's been
some damage to the lock
647
00:31:40,543 --> 00:31:43,376
of the front door,
but it looks like a cover-up.
648
00:31:43,543 --> 00:31:44,501
It looks like,
more than likely,
649
00:31:44,501 --> 00:31:47,043
someone used a key
to get into the facility
650
00:31:47,168 --> 00:31:49,126
and then damaged the lock afterwards,
651
00:31:49,251 --> 00:31:51,043
which all signals
that there probably was
652
00:31:51,168 --> 00:31:52,543
an inside man for the robbery.
653
00:31:54,168 --> 00:31:55,876
Meanwhile, in Long Beach,
654
00:31:55,876 --> 00:31:58,210
the party has finally
broken up.
655
00:31:58,210 --> 00:32:00,418
The guys move the truck
to a nearby alley
656
00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:02,710
where the Pace gives
each member of the crew
657
00:32:02,876 --> 00:32:05,126
a small cut
of their full share.
658
00:32:05,251 --> 00:32:07,876
After they divvy up
their shares,
659
00:32:08,001 --> 00:32:09,710
there's still a lot of money,
660
00:32:09,835 --> 00:32:14,085
so Thomas Johnson actually
rents a storage unit.
661
00:32:14,251 --> 00:32:18,543
And they take the U-Haul truck
there to unload the remainder.
662
00:32:23,001 --> 00:32:25,085
Four hours after the heist,
663
00:32:25,251 --> 00:32:29,251
LAPD and the FBI are scouring
the building for evidence.
664
00:32:31,168 --> 00:32:33,126
While the crew took
every precaution,
665
00:32:33,251 --> 00:32:36,543
there's one small detail
they missed.
666
00:32:40,210 --> 00:32:42,835
A key piece of evidence
that the authorities find
667
00:32:42,835 --> 00:32:44,918
is this plastic lens.
668
00:32:45,043 --> 00:32:47,960
It looks like it came off
of a broken taillight.
669
00:32:48,085 --> 00:32:51,543
But it doesn't match any
of the Dunbar vehicles.
670
00:32:54,751 --> 00:32:58,168
Two days after the heist,
executives at Dunbar determine
671
00:32:58,168 --> 00:33:00,585
just how much cash is missing,
672
00:33:00,751 --> 00:33:04,293
$18.9 million.
673
00:33:04,418 --> 00:33:08,168
Keep in mind,
of this $18.9 million,
674
00:33:08,168 --> 00:33:13,460
better than 75% of that
was in $20 bill denomination.
675
00:33:13,585 --> 00:33:17,001
So you can only imagine
the volume of the money
676
00:33:17,001 --> 00:33:20,168
that was taken
by Pace and these robbers.
677
00:33:20,168 --> 00:33:22,376
The amount of money
that was stolen was so high
678
00:33:22,501 --> 00:33:25,376
that law enforcement fears
copycat robberies likely.
679
00:33:25,376 --> 00:33:27,001
So they don't want
to tell the public
680
00:33:27,001 --> 00:33:29,251
exactly how much
money was taken.
681
00:33:29,376 --> 00:33:31,293
So they get around it
by just staying very vague.
682
00:33:31,418 --> 00:33:33,293
They just say to the media,
683
00:33:33,418 --> 00:33:35,626
"More than $1 million
was stolen,"
684
00:33:35,751 --> 00:33:36,876
and leave it at that.
685
00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:42,043
Missing security tapes,
speed of the heist,
686
00:33:42,210 --> 00:33:44,251
point to an inside job.
687
00:33:44,376 --> 00:33:48,001
Investigators give all 130
current and recently fired
688
00:33:48,001 --> 00:33:51,043
Dunbar employees
lie detector tests.
689
00:33:51,043 --> 00:33:53,335
Only two people fail,
690
00:33:53,335 --> 00:33:57,001
Allen Pace
and his girlfriend, Tamiko.
691
00:33:57,126 --> 00:34:00,418
And other evidence
also points to Pace.
692
00:34:00,585 --> 00:34:03,210
One of the employees
that was tied up
693
00:34:03,210 --> 00:34:06,001
recognized Allen Pace's voice
694
00:34:06,001 --> 00:34:07,918
when he spoke to the female.
695
00:34:08,043 --> 00:34:12,335
He referred to her as "baby"
696
00:34:12,460 --> 00:34:17,210
in several of the comments
that he made to her.
697
00:34:17,376 --> 00:34:19,876
Between the failed polygraph
and the witness statement,
698
00:34:20,043 --> 00:34:22,251
Dunbar management expects
an arrest.
699
00:34:22,418 --> 00:34:25,335
But investigators don't
have a case.
700
00:34:25,335 --> 00:34:29,293
We didn't have the actual
physical evidence
701
00:34:29,418 --> 00:34:32,585
that would support
an arrest of Allen Pace.
702
00:34:32,710 --> 00:34:35,293
There was a lot of conjecture
and supposition,
703
00:34:35,418 --> 00:34:38,210
but we just didn't
have the evidence.
704
00:34:38,210 --> 00:34:41,835
With no way to pin
the Dunbar Armored depot heist
705
00:34:41,835 --> 00:34:44,960
on Pace, the investigation
drags on for months.
706
00:34:45,085 --> 00:34:47,001
A year after the heist,
707
00:34:47,001 --> 00:34:49,418
stumped investigators form
a task force
708
00:34:49,585 --> 00:34:52,626
with agents
from the FBI, LAPD,
709
00:34:52,751 --> 00:34:55,376
and the government agency
you really don't want
710
00:34:55,376 --> 00:34:58,210
on your case, the IRS.
711
00:34:58,376 --> 00:35:01,460
For several months,
we were following up on any
712
00:35:01,585 --> 00:35:05,251
and every lead
that we had whatsoever.
713
00:35:05,376 --> 00:35:08,418
And several of these leads
turned out to be fruitless.
714
00:35:10,085 --> 00:35:12,376
Executives offer a reward
for any information
715
00:35:12,376 --> 00:35:15,585
about the robbery
to the tune of $250,000.
716
00:35:15,751 --> 00:35:18,293
A quarter of $1 million
is now offered
717
00:35:18,418 --> 00:35:20,293
for information
about this robbery.
718
00:35:20,418 --> 00:35:23,418
Law enforcement is having
a tough time finding leads
719
00:35:23,585 --> 00:35:27,001
because of Pace's first rule
for his secret millionaires,
720
00:35:27,001 --> 00:35:29,793
don't spend lavishly.
721
00:35:29,918 --> 00:35:32,043
In the beginning,
because they've made a pact
722
00:35:32,168 --> 00:35:34,668
to lay low,
the crew is very modest
723
00:35:34,793 --> 00:35:36,543
in how they're
spending their money.
724
00:35:36,710 --> 00:35:39,168
Pace was really thinking
about it as long-term gain.
725
00:35:39,293 --> 00:35:41,210
He really wants
to set himself up financially.
726
00:35:41,335 --> 00:35:42,501
They're thinking about,
you know,
727
00:35:42,501 --> 00:35:45,376
how they can create
a better life for themselves.
728
00:35:45,501 --> 00:35:47,876
When they do start
spending money,
729
00:35:47,876 --> 00:35:50,543
they're not spending it on,
like, Lamborghinis,
730
00:35:50,668 --> 00:35:54,210
McMansions, or even traveling.
731
00:35:54,335 --> 00:35:57,876
They are spending money
on property
732
00:35:57,876 --> 00:36:00,376
in and around the LA area.
733
00:36:00,501 --> 00:36:01,501
And they also
start a business
734
00:36:01,626 --> 00:36:03,335
called Extreme Entertainment
735
00:36:03,335 --> 00:36:06,168
that's basically just
a money laundering front
736
00:36:06,168 --> 00:36:08,168
to be able to pay them back
some of the money
737
00:36:08,293 --> 00:36:10,668
that they stole
without raising any red flags.
738
00:36:12,543 --> 00:36:14,543
Fast-forward another year,
739
00:36:14,668 --> 00:36:16,751
and the crew is confident
they've gotten away with it.
740
00:36:18,751 --> 00:36:21,751
And that's exactly
when someone gets careless.
741
00:36:22,710 --> 00:36:24,876
He makes probably
the most amateur
742
00:36:25,001 --> 00:36:26,210
of all amateur mistakes.
743
00:36:38,418 --> 00:36:40,543
After two years
of playing it smart,
744
00:36:40,668 --> 00:36:43,710
the heist crew's
world is rocked
745
00:36:43,710 --> 00:36:46,835
all because of one rookie's
dumb mistake.
746
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,876
The problems begin
with Eugene Hill.
747
00:36:49,001 --> 00:36:51,751
He takes about $100,000
of the money that was stolen,
748
00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:53,793
and he wants
to invest it in land.
749
00:36:53,918 --> 00:36:57,251
The money is still wrapped with
paper straps from the robbery.
750
00:36:57,376 --> 00:36:59,501
The realtor is instantly suspicious
751
00:36:59,501 --> 00:37:01,460
and contacts the police.
752
00:37:01,585 --> 00:37:05,126
They had heard
that there's a $250,000 reward
753
00:37:05,251 --> 00:37:07,376
being offered
for this Dunbar heist,
754
00:37:07,501 --> 00:37:09,668
and they call the authorities.
755
00:37:09,668 --> 00:37:12,585
Part of the downfall
of this crew
756
00:37:12,751 --> 00:37:17,126
is their naivete
with this type of crime.
757
00:37:17,251 --> 00:37:19,668
That's not how you pay
for real estate.
758
00:37:21,543 --> 00:37:24,710
We were able to verify
these paper money straps
759
00:37:24,835 --> 00:37:27,793
because of what was
actually stamped on them
760
00:37:27,918 --> 00:37:30,376
and the date
of September the 11th,
761
00:37:30,501 --> 00:37:33,085
of September the 12th, 1997.
762
00:37:35,251 --> 00:37:36,835
But it's not
just Eugene Hill
763
00:37:36,835 --> 00:37:39,543
who suddenly has a target
on his back.
764
00:37:39,668 --> 00:37:43,418
Once they begin to look
more closely at Eugene Hill,
765
00:37:43,543 --> 00:37:45,876
what the investigators
find out is that Eugene Hill
766
00:37:45,876 --> 00:37:49,626
was writing checks from
his sister's bank account.
767
00:37:49,751 --> 00:37:52,001
They knew that his sister
didn't have the income
768
00:37:52,001 --> 00:37:54,293
to support the kind of expenses
769
00:37:54,418 --> 00:37:56,668
that were occurring
at the time.
770
00:37:56,793 --> 00:37:59,918
Meanwhile,
the FBI crime lab determines
771
00:38:00,043 --> 00:38:02,418
that the tailgate fragment
found at the scene
772
00:38:02,543 --> 00:38:04,668
is unique to U-Haul trucks.
773
00:38:04,793 --> 00:38:07,293
With a handful of suspects'
names to search for,
774
00:38:07,418 --> 00:38:10,960
the investigation goes
old school.
775
00:38:11,085 --> 00:38:14,501
Myself and probably three
or four others were sitting
776
00:38:14,501 --> 00:38:18,251
in a room going through
box after box after box
777
00:38:18,418 --> 00:38:20,710
that contained
these U-Haul records.
778
00:38:20,710 --> 00:38:22,668
And when we found
that rental agreement
779
00:38:22,793 --> 00:38:24,335
in the name of Eugene Hill,
780
00:38:24,460 --> 00:38:27,251
obviously, we were elated.
781
00:38:27,418 --> 00:38:29,501
First one in,
first one caught.
782
00:38:29,626 --> 00:38:32,543
Eugene Hill is
the weakest link.
783
00:38:32,543 --> 00:38:34,460
He rented the U-Haul truck
784
00:38:34,585 --> 00:38:39,085
using his own California
driver's license.
785
00:38:39,210 --> 00:38:42,460
The fact that the truck was
rented on September 12th
786
00:38:42,585 --> 00:38:44,668
and returned
on September the 13th,
787
00:38:44,668 --> 00:38:47,085
the day after the robbery,
788
00:38:47,251 --> 00:38:48,751
a tremendous break for us.
789
00:38:52,668 --> 00:38:55,543
We approach Eugene Hill
at his residence
790
00:38:55,710 --> 00:38:58,251
for the sole purpose
of interviewing him
791
00:38:58,376 --> 00:39:00,793
and trying to determine
his whereabouts
792
00:39:00,918 --> 00:39:03,876
during the time of
the actual robbery.
793
00:39:03,876 --> 00:39:07,210
We took him into custody
the following day.
794
00:39:08,835 --> 00:39:10,626
Even though
they had all agreed,
795
00:39:10,751 --> 00:39:12,543
if you get caught,
don't say anything,
796
00:39:12,668 --> 00:39:15,501
we'll take care
of you financially,
797
00:39:15,626 --> 00:39:17,626
it's a whole different thing
when you're actually
798
00:39:17,751 --> 00:39:20,835
under that hot lamp and
they're asking you questions.
799
00:39:20,835 --> 00:39:23,501
Investigators tell Hill
that his sister will be
800
00:39:23,501 --> 00:39:27,168
charged as an accomplice
unless he cooperates.
801
00:39:27,168 --> 00:39:29,793
Family wins out over friends.
802
00:39:29,918 --> 00:39:34,918
Eugene Hill admitted to his
participation in the robbery,
803
00:39:35,085 --> 00:39:39,585
and he named all of his
accomplices in the robbery.
804
00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:42,668
Eugene began breaking down
everything from A to Z,
805
00:39:42,668 --> 00:39:45,793
and that ultimately led to the
downfall of the entire crew.
806
00:39:45,918 --> 00:39:48,918
The next domino to fall
is Thomas Johnson.
807
00:39:49,043 --> 00:39:52,210
A few months later,
police arrest Freddie McCrary,
808
00:39:52,335 --> 00:39:55,043
and shortly after,
Terry Brown.
809
00:39:55,210 --> 00:39:57,710
Allen Pace knows he's next.
810
00:39:59,710 --> 00:40:03,626
Allen Pace understands he's
got some explaining to do.
811
00:40:03,751 --> 00:40:06,668
So rather than go in unprepared,
812
00:40:06,793 --> 00:40:08,460
because he doesn't seem like
the kind of person
813
00:40:08,585 --> 00:40:10,793
who does anything
without forethought,
814
00:40:10,918 --> 00:40:15,043
he decides to turn himself in,
but does so with an attorney.
815
00:40:15,043 --> 00:40:18,751
Pace and his friends are
indicted on charges
816
00:40:18,918 --> 00:40:22,585
of robbery, conspiracy,
and money laundering.
817
00:40:22,710 --> 00:40:24,626
But what they hear
in their first
818
00:40:24,751 --> 00:40:27,001
court appearance
astonishes them.
819
00:40:27,126 --> 00:40:32,210
The United States magistrate
actually reads the indictment,
820
00:40:32,376 --> 00:40:35,335
this $18.9 million loss.
821
00:40:35,335 --> 00:40:39,418
We could literally see each of
the individuals turning around
822
00:40:39,543 --> 00:40:42,126
and looking toward the crowd
823
00:40:42,251 --> 00:40:45,001
as if they're wondering
who committed that robbery,
824
00:40:45,001 --> 00:40:47,876
because each of these
individuals told us
825
00:40:47,876 --> 00:40:51,918
they'd never had any idea
how much money they had stolen.
826
00:40:52,085 --> 00:40:53,876
Pace maintains
his innocence.
827
00:40:54,001 --> 00:40:56,543
He and brother-in-law,
Erik Boyd,
828
00:40:56,668 --> 00:40:59,085
go to trial
and are found guilty.
829
00:40:59,251 --> 00:41:01,835
Pace is sentenced to 24 years,
830
00:41:01,835 --> 00:41:04,251
more than double
the prison time of the friends
831
00:41:04,376 --> 00:41:05,876
who testified against him.
832
00:41:06,001 --> 00:41:08,960
I do imagine Allen Pace
during that time in jail
833
00:41:09,085 --> 00:41:11,376
thinking if he could have
done it all over again,
834
00:41:11,376 --> 00:41:13,751
he wouldn't have
recruited Eugene Hill,
835
00:41:13,876 --> 00:41:16,043
even though Eugene Hill was
the first guy that he picked.
836
00:41:16,168 --> 00:41:19,043
Everyone involved
with the Dunbar heist
837
00:41:19,043 --> 00:41:21,835
has served their time
and moved on with their lives.
838
00:41:21,835 --> 00:41:24,543
Some may have moved up
as well.
839
00:41:24,668 --> 00:41:30,876
This amateur crew got away
with $18.9 million.
840
00:41:31,001 --> 00:41:35,460
In today's money, it would be
well over $30 million.
841
00:41:35,585 --> 00:41:39,835
The feds only recovered
about $7 million.
842
00:41:41,210 --> 00:41:43,293
Most of the money,
millions of dollars,
843
00:41:43,418 --> 00:41:45,043
is still unaccounted for.
844
00:41:45,168 --> 00:41:47,876
And where could all
that money be now?
845
00:41:48,001 --> 00:41:50,710
Some of the money was
probably distributed
846
00:41:50,835 --> 00:41:53,960
to some family members,
maybe even some friends.
847
00:41:54,085 --> 00:41:55,751
And some could even be
848
00:41:55,918 --> 00:42:00,126
still in storage facilities
to this day.
849
00:42:00,251 --> 00:42:02,543
Only Allen Pace
and his five friends know
850
00:42:02,668 --> 00:42:05,710
what happened to all those
untraceable $20 bills.
851
00:42:05,835 --> 00:42:08,293
What we do know is that one
852
00:42:08,418 --> 00:42:10,085
disgruntled employee's decide
853
00:42:10,210 --> 00:42:12,585
to get rich and get even
854
00:42:12,751 --> 00:42:14,418
led to six amateur thieves
855
00:42:14,543 --> 00:42:15,543
pulling off the largest
856
00:42:15,710 --> 00:42:17,585
cash heist of all time.
857
00:42:17,710 --> 00:42:19,876
At just shy of $19 million,
858
00:42:19,876 --> 00:42:22,210
the Dunbar Armored car depot
859
00:42:22,335 --> 00:42:23,793
is without question
860
00:42:23,918 --> 00:42:26,210
one of history's
greatest heists.