395: Michael De La Pena – Santa Claus Armored Car Robbery and Murder

Retired agent Michael De La Pena reviews a case where he, as a rookie agent, was assigned to investigate two armored car robberies in West Hartford, Connecticut, where a total of $1.8 million was stolen. During one of the robberies, one of the subjects wore a full Santa Claus costume as a disguise and later had one of the robbers killed to stop him from talking about the crime . Check out the episode show notes, photos, and related articles: Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email. Join here . Buy me a coffee - Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction , available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold.

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395: Michael De La Pena – Santa Claus Armored Car Robbery and Murder is an episode from FBI Retired Case File Review by Jerri Williams.

This episode is 55:32 long.

This episode was published on Apr 22, 2026.

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