Ollie Gene Embry

Ollie Gene Embry (March 22, 1929 – April 18, 2025) was an American bank robber who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List in 1951.

Bank robbery Embry robbed the Monroe National Bank in Columbia, Illinois on February 6, 1951. Three others who robbed the bank with him were arrested before he was and given long jail terms. The robbers were Patrick Kane, Ollie Gene Embry and James McAllister. The robbers collected $8855. Driving away in a stolen car, they spread roofing nails on the road. They ran their first car into a ditch and then got into another car. The getaway driver, Frank Daubauch, was later picked up by East St. Louis detectives who noticed him driving a new car in town.

The three other robbers were soon named and police were dispatched to look for them. Kane and McAllister met soon after at the George Washington Hotel in St. Louis to divide the money with Embry. Embry had been working at the filling station for about two months, when someone on the street recognized him from the FBI posters and called it in. Embry had only been on the most wanted men list for twelve days, having been added on July 23, 1951.

Embry faced a potential sentence of up to 180 years in prison for the crime. Embry pleaded guilty to eight counts on August 21, 1951, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison on August 28.

Embry died in Shawnee, Kansas, on April 18, 2025, at the age of 96.