The Stop Watch Gang was a group of three Canadian bank robbers in the 1970s known for their speed and precision in completing their robberies across Canada and the United States. Their lives revolved around heists, serving time, and escaping from the authorities. The gang consisted of Lionel Wright, Paddy Mitchell, and Stephen Reid. During their criminal exploits, they robbed around 100 banks, making off with an estimated $15 million. They got their nickname from the FBI because Reid sometimes wore an oversized stopwatch to time their robberies. Some took only a few minutes, while others were done in less than a minute. They also liked to wear presidential Halloween masks to hide their identities. Mitchell was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in 2007 and Reid died of pulmonary edema in 2018. Wright didn’t get out of jail until the mid-1990s. He then disappeared, this time permanently. His whereabouts remain unknown.
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