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Johann Kastenberger (born October 1, 1958, in Sankt Leonhard am Forst, died November 15, 1988, in Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria) was an Austrian marathon runner, bank robber and murderer. He infamously committed his crimes while wearing a Ronald Reagan mask, earning him the nickname ''Shotgun Ronnie''. Kastenberger's criminal life was the basis for the 2010 film ''The Robber''. On January 25, 1977, Kastenberger robbed a Volksbank branch in Pressbaum, making off with 70,000 Austrian Schillings (~€5,000). Shortly thereafter, police arrested Kastenberger on a train at Wien Westbahnhof based on descriptions given to police by the bank's employees. He served a seven-year prison sentence for the robbery. Upon release, he moved in with his girlfriend in the Simmering district of Vienna. On August 13, 1985, Kastenberger stormed the Raiffeisen Bank in Hafnerbach, but had to flee without having taken any money. The police suspected Kastenberger immediately, but his girlfriend gave him a false alibi. On November 20, 1987, he robbed the Raiffeisen Bank in Haunoldstein, making off with 88,000 Schillings (~€6,400). On February 19, 1988, he hit three banks in succession, making off with a combined total of more than 1.8 million Schillings (~€133,000). His greatest take was on March 21, 1988, at a Länderbank in Vienna, where he captured two million Schillings (~€145,000). The next two days he robbed two more Viennese banks, netting one million Schillings for each. ==Murders== On August 13, 1985, the same day he committed his first bank robbery after being released from prison, Kastenberger shot and killed Ewald Pollhammer, a 28-year-old man from Upper Austria with whom he had been annoyed during a vocational training course. Additionally, Kastenberger is regarded the prime suspect of three other murders: *Kastenberger is suspected of having robbed a gas station in Purkersdorf on May 26, 1984, shooting and killing 51-year-old station attendant Helene Bubendorfer with an assault rifle. *Kastenberger is suspected of using an assault rifle to kill officer Friedrich Roger in front of a police station in Vienna on July 25, 1986. *Kastenberger is suspected of using a stolen government service weapon to kill Brigitte Hranka, who worked as a prostitute. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johann Kastenberger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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