We sit down with host Antonia Cereijido to discuss the podcast. Using eyewitness testimony and never before heard police tapes, Norco 80 takes listeners on a wild ride, and serves as a cautionary tale in the context of America being immersed in the middle of an economic crisis, revamped end of the world paranoia and a complex conversation about policing. The investigation into the events revealed some unexpected information about the robbery gang. police forces to upgrade their primary duty weapons to weapons with greater stopping power were the 1980 Norco shootout and the 1986 FBI Miami shootout. The book covers the robbery, the ensuing running gun battle between perpetrators and police and the subsequent manhunt. The Norco shootout was an armed confrontation between five heavilyarmed bank robbers and deputies of the Riverside and San Bernardino County sheriffs departments in Norco, California, United States on May 9, 1980. What followed was one of the most violent events in law enforcement history. Listen as host and producer Antonia Cereijido tells the unbelievable true story about God, guns, survivalism and the bank robbery that changed policing in America forever. Norco 80 concerns the robbery, in May 1980, of a bank in the small town of Norco near Los Angeles in Southern California. On May 9, 1980, five heavily armed men led by a born-again Christian with apocalyptic beliefs attempted a takeover robbery of the Security Pacific Bank in Norco, California, just outside of Los Angeles. In May of 1980, the sleepy streets of Norco, California were turned into an all-out war zone in what was one of the most violent bank robberies in American history.įrom LAist Studios in collaboration with Futuro Studios comes the new podcast-” Norco ’80” based on the book by Peter Houlahan.
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