Bank Robber William Michael Pickett, DOB 1/27/1970, last known address Cattleman Dr Sarasota Fl, shoots it out with cops and ends up dead. Bank tellers told investigators the robber tapped a handgun on the counter and demanded money. A teller said he gave the suspect more than $17,000 before the man took off toward University Parkway. The next day, a woman told investigators that her ex-boyfriend, William Michael Pickett, gave her money from a bank robbery. She added that Pickett made comments about wanting to rob a bank a few weeks ago. According to an affidavit, the woman met with Pickett at a Super 8 Motel, and he confessed to robbing a bank. She said she saw he had a plastic bag filled with cash inside the hotel room and left shortly after his confession. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Monday, Sarasota police tried to pull over Pickett near US 41 and University Parkway because he had a warrant out of Sarasota County. According to the Sarasota Police Department, several agencies helped o...

Cop Killer Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947), also known as Joanne Chesimard, is wanted by the FBI she is a convicted murderer who escaped prison and was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) a terrorist organization.   Joanne Chesimard aka Assata Shakur is wanted for escaping from prison in Clinton, New Jersey, while serving a life sentence for murder. On May 2, 1973, Chesimard, who was part of a revolutionary extremist organization known as the Black Liberation Army (BLA) terrorists, and two accomplices were stopped for a motor vehicle violation on the New Jersey Turnpike by two troopers with the New Jersey State Police. At the time, Chesimard was wanted for her involvement in several felonies, including bank robbery. Chesimard and her accomplices opened fire on the troopers. One trooper was wounded and the other was shot and killed execution-style at point-blank range.  COP KILLER Chesimard fled the New Jersey Turnpike scene, but was su...