About: William McAllister

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In his early years, McAllister first came to notoriety as an armed robber. In 1966, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a bank robbery in Boston. Shortly after his release from prison, on September 12, 1973, a Brink's armored truck arrived at the back of the Bank of Montreal in St. Laurent to perform a cash transfer. Suddenly, a red van appeared and at high speed, slammed into the front of the armored truck. Two hooded men emerged from the van and opened fire on the guards. One was shot in the face and died at the scene, while another was shot twice in one leg. The robbers then packed about ten money bags into a stolen car that had been positioned in the parking lot earlier that day.

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rdfs:label	William McAllister
rdfs:comment	In his early years, McAllister first came to notoriety as an armed robber. In 1966, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a bank robbery in Boston. Shortly after his release from prison, on September 12, 1973, a Brink's armored truck arrived at the back of the Bank of Montreal in St. Laurent to perform a cash transfer. Suddenly, a red van appeared and at high speed, slammed into the front of the armored truck. Two hooded men emerged from the van and opened fire on the guards. One was shot in the face and died at the scene, while another was shot twice in one leg. The robbers then packed about ten money bags into a stolen car that had been positioned in the parking lot earlier that day.
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abstract	In his early years, McAllister first came to notoriety as an armed robber. In 1966, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a bank robbery in Boston. Shortly after his release from prison, on September 12, 1973, a Brink's armored truck arrived at the back of the Bank of Montreal in St. Laurent to perform a cash transfer. Suddenly, a red van appeared and at high speed, slammed into the front of the armored truck. Two hooded men emerged from the van and opened fire on the guards. One was shot in the face and died at the scene, while another was shot twice in one leg. The robbers then packed about ten money bags into a stolen car that had been positioned in the parking lot earlier that day. As the masked men finished loading the sacks into the car, driven by an accomplice, a third guard emerged from the bank. The trio jumped into their car and sped off, as the guard opened fire, making off with $250,000 in cash, silver and cheques. About ten minutes later, detectives spotted a severely-damaged car in the parking lot of Sacre-Coeur Hospital. They arrested William McAllister, who was standing near the vehicle. Inside the car, police found a firearm. Police later found three hoods and several money bags in a garbage can on Decarie Boulevard. In December 1974, McAllister was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempted murder and armed robbery. The judge was quoted as saying that “greed was the only motive and McAllister was guilty beyond the shadow of a doubt.” No one else has been arrested in connection Brink's armored car robbery. McAllister was paroled in the early 1980s. McAllister was again arrested in November, 1986. He and seven others allegedly conspired to smuggle 100 kilos of cocaine into Canada from South America. Police seized $500,000 dollars, a kilo of cocaine and a whole arsenal of firearms, including a sub-machine gun, high-powered rifles and two grenades. McAllister was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was paroled in 1992.

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