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.

Background
A long time career criminal, Lewing had a lengthy history of arrests and convictions for a number of armed robbery charges before he was officially added as the 226th fugitive to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list on January 12, 1966.

In March 1966, Lewing entered a St. Louis bank, where after threatening the bank teller with a pistol, he escaped with $2,456. After being identified by three eyewitnesses, Lewing fled St. Louis, but he remained in Missouri. Eventually traced to Kansas City, Lewing was arrested by FBI agents on February 6, 1967, and later convicted of several federal bank robbery charges.

Books

 * Newton, Michael. Encyclopedia of Robbers, Heists, and Capers. New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002.