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On September 20, 1998, Jose Vigoa, a kid of Fidel Castro’s revolution, launched what could be the most audacious and ruthless group of high-profile casino and armored car robberies that Las Vegas had ever seen. In the brazen sixteen-month reign of terror, he and his crew would hit the crème de la crème of Vegas hotels: the MGM, the Desert Inn, the brand new York—New York, the Mandalay Bay, and the Bellagio. The robberies were well planned and executed, and the police–“the stupids,” as Vigoa contemptuously referred to them–were all but helpless to avoid them. But Lt. John Alamshaw, the twenty-three-year veteran in charge of robbery detectives, was not quitting so easily. For him, Vigoa’s rampage was a personal affront. And he would do whatever it took, even risk his badge, to bring Vigoa down.
