The Yuletide Bandit: A Seven-year Search for a Serial Criminal - McIntyre, Mike

Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to corners; light tanning; otherwise appears unread; In 1995, Michael Syrnyk donned woman's wig and bumbled his way through his first armed robbery. By 2002 "The Yuletide Bandit," as he was dubbed by police, was terrorizing Christmas shoppers at busy malls and shooting it out with armoured car guards. In his 7-year crime spree, Syrnyk his Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg. He pulled 9 armoured car heists; 11 bank robberies; 8 break-ins; 1 hostage-taking; and shot 3 people, including a police officer. but Syrnyk continued to elude police; even public please for help and extensive media coverage backfired, until April 2002, when Syrnyk's crime spree exploded in a dramatic 12-hour stand-off and hostage-taking in a Winnipeg brothel.
Very Good
Mass Market Paperback
Great Plains Pubns
2004
Winnipeg, MB