Robert Van Lewing

Robert Van Lewing (March 27, 1921 – December 17, 1983) was an American bank robber and fugitive on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list from 1966 to 1967.^[1][2]

Robert Van Lewing
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
Charges	Armed robbery
Description
Born	(1921-03-27)March 27, 1921
Died	December 17, 1983(1983-12-17) (aged 62)
Status
Added	January 12, 1966
Caught	February 6, 1967
Number	226
Captured

Background

A long time career criminal, Lewing had a lengthy history of arrests and convictions for a number of armed robbery charges. On October 28th, 1965, Lewing robbed a bank in Houston, Texas where he made off with $31,493 which officially officially added him as the 226th fugitive to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list on January 12, 1966.^[3][4]

He was arrested by FBI agents on February 6, 1967 in Kansas City, Missouri, after a neighbor reported his location to the FBI as he exited his house with an 18-year-old.^[5][6][7]