On January the 13th of 2018, roughly 7 months after he’d been released from prison,
a senior citizen was arrested for carrying out an armed robbery at an Arizona credit union.
Career criminal Robert Krebs, at the time in his early 80s, had spent most of his adult life
behind bars. His stints had included three years for a 1966 conviction in Chicago for embezzling
$72,000 from a bank where he’d worked as a teller. He’d spent over 30 years in prison for a bank
robbery he’d carried out in Florida, in 1981, and had also been convicted of theft and armed robbery
in Arizona. As reported by the Orlando Sentinel, Krebs had used a disguise involving cotton in
his cheeks and a wig for the 1981 heist. He’d also varnished his fingertips so that he wouldn’t leave
any prints. A branch manager activated a silent alarm and Krebs was taken into custody as he
walked into the bank’s parking lot. 37 years after his latest heist and several months following his
prison release, Krebs entered the Pyramid Federal Credit Union branch on Tucson’s northern edge. He
placed a pistol, which later turned out to be a BB gun, on the counter and demanded cash. The
senior citizen walked off with an estimated $8,400 but was arrested at a hotel the following day,
after he was recognized from surveillance footage distributed by the police. Krebs subsequently told
investigators that he hadn’t worn a disguise on purpose because he wanted to get caught and return
to prison. He described the months following his release as the worst he’d ever experienced,
as he struggled to adjust to life on the outside and survive on his monthly $800 Social Security
payment. Krebs’ lawyer had said that the man had claimed he wanted to “get out of
the freedom business”. The 84-year-old appeared during his 2021 sentencing in a wheelchair and
had trouble hearing what was said in the courtroom. He declined to answer the judge
when asked if he accepted responsibility for his actions, before receiving his sentence of
more than 21 years in prison. Number 7 Richard Harvey
On September the 20th of 2022, Michigan woman Joan Jacobson, aged 83, was on her first day
as a volunteer, canvassing homes for the Right of Life organization. Her duties involved going
door-to-door and asking voters to oppose Proposition 3, during an upcoming ballot
measure. The proposition would’ve guaranteed abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution.
She reached the home of Richard and Sharon Harvey, near Lake Odessa, and got into an argument with
the latter. Sharon told her that she’d had a tubal pregnancy in 1971 that required surgery and nearly
killed her with the experience becoming a focal point in their dispute. The exchange, which took
place on the couple’s porch, lasted three to four minutes before 72-year-old Richard emerged from a
barn with a rifle and shot Jacobson. Although suffering from intense pain, the elderly woman
managed to drive herself to the Lake Odessa Police Department. She was rushed to a Grand
Rapids hospital via ambulance, where doctors found that the bullet had narrowly missed her spine and
had become lodged in soft tissue between her shoulder and collar bone. Jacobson survived the
shooting and Richard was arrested for felonious assault and two misdemeanor firearms charges,
for which he faced up to six years behind bars. The senior citizen maintained that he’d intended
to fire a warning shot to scare Jacobson, as she was aggressively waving her clipboard and
umbrella in his wife’s face. He claimed that he then tried to use the rifle to club the clipboard
out of her hand but that he’d accidentally pulled the trigger while the weapon was pointing at her.
In the 911 call that followed the incident Richard claimed that he hadn’t shot the woman,
whom he described to the operator as a “right wing nut”, on purpose. Account
on the circumstances surrounding the gunshot also differed, as Jacobson claimed it occurred
without warning as she was walking away from the home. The Harveys, however, stated that she was
belligerent and refused to leave the property, in spite of being asked to do so multiple times.
Number 6 Beverly Baker A family from Pasadena, California,
were considering moving home in late October of 2022, after their elderly neighbor attacked their
house with a pickaxe during what was reported as a mental breakdown. Part of the incident,
which occurred on October the 24th, was caught by the Ring doorbell camera of chiropractor Arman
Tchoukadrian. The clip showed 65-year-old Beverly Baker approaching his house with a pickaxe on her
shoulder. The woman then started swinging the tool and smashing Tchoukadrian’s windows. She
was recorded yelling out “Questions? Questions anyone? I'll be back! Get out!" Tchoukadrian’s
mother-in-law and baby daughter were at home as Baker’s charge on the property unfolded. The child
was sleeping in a bassinet near the windows and would’ve likely suffered serious injuries if her
grandmother hadn’t intervened and pulled her away. The authorities were called and arrested Baker at
her home, which was only a few blocks from the scene of the attack, later that evening. She
was charged with one felony count of vandalism. As reported by the Pasadena Police Department,
she and Tchoukadrian had no relation and she had no record with the department. Law enforcement
suspected that the pickaxe incident had been the product of a mental health emergency that the
woman was experiencing at the time. Tchoukadrian and his family were considering changing their
address as Baker’s attack on their property had left them feeling unsafe in their home.
Number 5 Connecticut Group
A group of six elderly Connecticut residents were arrested at the Grace Richardson Conservation area
in Fairfield, in August of 2019. Surveillance in the wooded region had recently been increased
following reports that lewd activity was taking place on the premises. The park had
been advertised on at least one “City Hookup Guide” as a meet-up spot. On August the 9th,
concerned citizens called the police and reported one such incident. A group of elderly residents,
five men and one woman, were consequently caught having relations in the woodland. They
were identified by the CT post as Daniel Dobbins, Otto Williams, John Linartz and Charles Ardito,
along with Richard Butler and his wife Joyce, both of whom were in their 80s. They were all arrested
and charged with breach of peace with Dobbins and Linartz also being charged with public indecency.
The former had been arrested in the past for second-degree breach of peace after he was
spotted walking naked through a public park. When law enforcement found the 67-year-old,
he was inside his car, wearing no underwear, with his shirt and shorts draped over him.
Number 4 Vera Anthony An 85-year-old woman was taken into
custody by law enforcement in Lady Lake, Florida, in the summer of 2019, on a charge of battery on a
person over the age of 65. According to the arrest report, Vera Anthony had become the main aggressor
during a fight with an elderly man. Anthony, who had no prior criminal history, reportedly struck
the unnamed victim with a television remote. The authorities were called following the altercation,
which wasn’t reported to have left the man with serious injuries. Anthony, a native of Sayre,
Pennsylvania, was subsequently booked at the Sumter County Detention Center.
Number 3 Robert Champigny In July of 2019, a senior citizen
from New Hampshire was arrested for abusing a female resident at the nursing home where
they were both residents. The unnamed 83-year-old victim was staying at the Crestwood Nursing Home
after she’d suffered a stroke. Robert Champigny forced himself on her in June and the attack was
immediately reported to local authorities. They tracked down 74-year-old Champigny to
a Manchester hotel and took him into custody. It wasn’t made immediately clear if he had an
attorney and his phone number was disconnected. He was released of his own recognizance and
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Number 2 Donald Sturton
On the afternoon of March the 7th of 2018, senior citizen Donald Sturton walked into a Bank of
America branch in South Portland, Maine. He asked a young woman working as a teller to turn over
the money, telling her he had a gun loaded with eight bullets. 70-year-old Sturton, who’d made
no effort to conceal his identity, put one hand on the counter while the other was inside his jacket,
suggesting he was about to pull out a weapon. The teller nervously gave him the money in her
top drawer, which amounted to $895. Sturton then walked out of the bank. He displayed no urgency in
his getaway and didn’t have a car waiting for him so he planned to take the bus home. South Portland
police arrived at the scene, within minutes. They held Sturton, who appeared to have been waiting
for them, at gunpoint and took him into custody. The police recovered the stolen cash and a water
gun which the senior citizen had had on him during the heist. As he was interviewed by detectives,
Sturton not only confessed but claimed that he’d wanted to get caught. He reported that
he’d struggled with depression and no longer felt “like a productive member of society”. Sturton
added that he’d woken up that day with one of two choices in his mind, either he’d rob the bank or
take his own life. He reportedly regarded spending a few years in prison as something potentially
beneficial to his mental health. The water gun in his possession was held together with black
tape and had previously been used by Sturton to train his cats not to scratch household items.
He claimed to have brought it with him for fear that he wouldn’t be taken seriously otherwise.
Sturton was charged with Class B robbery, for which he faced up to 10 years in prison but,
given his age, mental state and lack of criminal record, prosecutors were expected to be lenient.
Number 1 Kenneth Montgomery In late November of 2022,
a woman and her son were ambushed and shot outside a store in Mesa, Arizona. 27-year-old
Albert Leotta and his mother, Antoinette, were in separate vehicles in the parking lot of a Hobby
Lobby store. 65-year-old Kenneth Montgomery parked his truck in front of their cars and
unloaded a 9mm pistol into them. Ten shell casings were subsequently recovered from the scene. Albert
called 911 in the immediate aftermath. He was taken to a hospital with gunshots wounds to both
legs while his 61-year-old mother was pronounced dead at the scene. Maricopa County deputies found
Montgomery as he was climbing into the bed of a stranger’s pickup truck in the area of Bush
Highway, northeast of Mesa. The handgun he’d used in the shooting was recovered, with blood on it,
from Montgomery’s truck, which was located near the Butcher Jones Recreation Site. Following his
arrest, he admitted to the authorities that he’d shot the mother and son because he thought they’d
been involved in prior criminal activity. He added that “anybody would have” done the same. It was,
however, determined by the police that the senior citizen and the victims didn’t know each other.
Montgomery was held at the Maricopa County Jail on a $1,000,000 bond and charges that included
second-degree murder and aggravated assault. Thanks for watching! Would you rather know how
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