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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1976

Page

4

Coward robber tells of 20 bank hits in four states

STILWELL Oklahoma native Charlie Parrott 42 describes a career of bank robberies across Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri and Kansas totaling about 20 he calls himself a coward robber who robbed small towns with few witnesses He began in 1958 after bootlegging losses and credits luck mercy and a streak of helpful deeds in Adair County while serving time overseas and after a federal sentence of 20 years with five year statute of limitations.

Stilwell Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri Kansas Charles Parrott Jesse James Charles Pretty Boy Floyd Parrott Adair County Okla Tulsa Pineville McDonald County Charlie Parrott Parrett State Bank of Hartshorne Gran Jollies Cee FBI Carney State

Oakland Considers Immediate 1 Percent Employee Tax

City attorney David Self says Oakland will urge the council to implement a 1 percent employee license tax on wages earned in Oakland, solidified by a state appeals court ruling. The tax excludes domestic workers and targets quarterly earnings over 1625, with full enactment potentially taking up to six months.

Oakland David Self State Court of Appeal San Francisco

Bank Robber Parrott Denies Recurring Heists

In Muskogee authorities question Charles Parrott amid baffling Carney case details. US Attorney Richard Pyle and FBI notes hint at past bank robberies, while Parrott maintains he will not rob again and says he is living life now.

Charlie Charles Parrott Richard Pyle Muskogee FBI Parrott

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