The Yuletide Bandit: A Seven-Year Search for a Serial Criminal

McIntyre, Mike

ISBN 10: 1894283473 / ISBN 13: 9781894283472

Published by Great Plains Pubns, Winnipeg, MB, 2004

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INSCRIPTION FROM MIKE MCINTYRE on ffep; Clean, tight, unmarked; light creasing to front and back bottom inside corners; otherwise very minimal wear; appears unread; In his 7-year crime spree, Syrnyk hit Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg. He pulled 9 armoured car heists; 11 bank robberies, 8 break-ins; 1 hostage-taking; and shot 3 people, including a police officer. But Syrnyk continued to elude police; event public pleas for help and extensive media coverage backfired, until April 2002, when Syrnyk's crime spree exploded in a dramatic 12-hour stand-off and hostage-taking in a Winnipeg brothel. McIntyre takes you inside the criminal mind with exclusive jailhouse interviews, police reports and court documents. This is a chilling account of the transformation of a normal suburban kid into a sophisticated serial criminal.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Yuletide Bandit: A Seven-Year Search for a Serial Criminal
• Publisher: Great Plains Pubns, Winnipeg, MB
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1894283473
• ISBN 13: 9781894283472
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Police dubbed Michael Syrnyk "The Yuletide Bandit" following a series of dramatic, daylight Christmastime robberies in 1998, 1999 and 2000 that left citizens fearing for their safety and police searching for an apparent psychopath. One of Syrnyk s most notorious shoot outs occurred during a December 2000 robbery outside Polo Park Shopping Centre, Winnipeg s busiest mall. Dozens of Christmas shoppers including senior citizens dove for cover as bullets flew and glass shattered. Yuletide is a true crime thriller that chronicles Syrnyk s crime spree across western Canada to his eventual capture in a brothel in Winnipeg s red light district.

About the Author

Mike McIntyre is the justice reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press and is the host of the weekly national radio talk show "Crime and Punishment" on the Corus Entertainment Network. His first book, Nowhere to Run: The Killing of Constable Dennis Strongquill, was a Canadian besteller and was a finalist for the 2004 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non—Fiction. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with his wife and two children.