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The Lawbreakers Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

33 Episodes 0 - 1964

Episode 0

The Michael Olds Story

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

Police search for a young man who shot and killed a customer during a grocery store holdup in Seattle, Washington. The young man wanted money because he was losing heavily in a poker game.

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Episode 1

Chicago, Illinois: February 8 - Crazy Tony Went to Prison

Sun, Sep 15, 1963

The police department of Chicago, Illinois attempt to apprehend a young hoodlum called Crazy Tony on charges of armed robbery, assault and murder.

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Episode 2

Seattle, Washington: March 28 - Queen Anne Killer Unidentified

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

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Episode 3

Atlanta, George: May 1 - Meriwether Escapes Again

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

James Meriwether escapes from prison, organizes a gang and engages in a spree of armed robberies with the Atlanta, Georgia police in hot pursuit.

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Episode 4

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Suburban Home Attacked: Thugs Kidnap Teenager After Robbing Family

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

Two crooks invade the suburban Philadelphia home capturing the wife and two teen-aged daughters of a firefighter in the process. Leaving the wife, the younger daughter and her friend securely trussed, the thieves force the older teen to drive them in the family car away from the crime scene. Soon the Philadelphia police force is hot on their trail.

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Episode 5

Dallas, Texas: May 25 - Hate Killer Holds 4 Hostages

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

A crazed man holds three neighbors hostage, planning to use them to lure another man to the home so he can kill him. The plan fall apart when he shoots a house painter and his partner manages to escape and contract the Dallas police.

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Episode 6

New Orleans, Louisiana: July 10 - Police Concerned Over Narcotics in French Quarter

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

A wannabe cop gets booted out of the New Orleans police department and gets involved with the local drug dealers. Little do the criminals know that the young man is actually the newest member of the NOPD narcotics squad working to bring down a drug ring operating in the French Quarter.

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Episode 7

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: July 23 - Bank Robbers Shoot Two Police in Gun Battle

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

After a bank robbery, quick work by the Pittsburgh Police Department and those of surrounding counties acting on information supplied by witnesses, forces the perpetrators to flee into a wooded hilly area where a gun battle between cops and crooks ensues.

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Episode 8

Indianapolis, Indiana: April 16 - Deputy Sheriff Slain

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

Three crooks panic when a burglar alarm goes off while they're attempting to break into a tavern in Indianapolis, Indiana. One of the trio insists on returning to the scene of the crime to collect their cast off burglary tools leading to a car chase and the murder of a deputy sheriff. The Indiana police forces pull out all the stops to locate and arrest the perpetrators.

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Episode 9

Cincinnati, Ohio: Sept. 7 - Police Go All Out in Manhunt

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

A baby born in Danville, Viginia with an extremely rare blood-type desperately needs a transfusion. There are only 35 people in the United States with U-Negative blood, the nearest living in Cincinnati, Ohio - but he was working as a truck driver when the blood bank called to request he give the baby a transfusion. The local police initiated a desperate manhunt to find him in time to save the baby's life.

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Episode 10

Detroit, Michigan: May 20 - Man with Two Faces Is Captured

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

An ex-convict employed as a dental technician teams with an out-of-work tools clerk trying to make ends meet hold up a Detroit tavern. Unfortunately for the crooks, one of the bar's patrons is an off-duty policeman who shoots both crooks during a gun battle. One of the wounded robbers is quickly captured at a local hospital while detectives search for the other criminal whose identity was concealed behind a rubber skeleton mask.

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Episode 11

Hartford, Connecticut: June 1 - Fear for Life of Killer's Hostage

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

An American city - modern skyline, civic parks, war memorials and the buildings that say "state capitol." This, to the world, is the face of Hartford, Connecticut, a thriving, bustling community - but like all communities - deeper, under the surface - there's another world... not nearly as large, not nearly as distinctive - but it, too, has a face - sometimes referred to as the faceless face of crime.

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Episode 12

Westchester County, New York: October 4 - Police Officer Killed; Manhunt Under Way

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

A police officer is murdered during a routine traffic stop in suburban Westchester County, New York, home to 41 police departments. The separate agencies quickly organize to search their territories to captured the paroled mental patient before he can kill again.

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Episode 13

Boston, Massachusetts: December 30 - Double Shooting, Single Murder

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

A youthful gang of criminals goes on a crime spree throughout the metropolitan Boston area, leaving two men dead while committing numerous robberies and car heists. The various police agencies work together to compare ballistic tests and modus operandi and quickly gather the threads of evidence into an effective dragnet.

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Episode 14

Houston, Texas: June 17 - Hi-Jacker Hits Same Target Twice

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

A small-time crook returns to rob a convenience store for the second time in three weeks. His escape plan goes awry when he finds his car has flat tire. Before he can leave the area¸ the Houston police and their K-9 dogs track him down. While they're happy to have made an arrest expeditiously, the cops have another concern - where did the perpetrator toss his gun and could they find it before a neighborhood child picked it up.

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Episode 15

Greenburg, New York: October 20 - Youth Gangs Active in County

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

The police force of a small suburban town in New York confronts an epidemic of juvenile delinquency. Their quick action averts a pair of rumbles between rival gangs of teenagers, but they haven't been able to solve a pair of knifings. By dint of their persistence, they manage to cultivate young informants who help them rout out the criminals.

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Episode 16

Providence, Rhode Island: November 13 - Young Hoods in Armed Robbery

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

A trio of inexperienced thieves find themselves in the armed robbery business when they spot a car with the keys still in the ignition. After repainting the car a vivid lilac color, they break into a home and steal two guns, then try to knock over a liquor store. In their hurry to flee the premises, one of the young hoodlums shoots himself in the foot and winds up in the hospital. By working together the Providence Police Department and county police agencies put together a case against the three thugs.

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Episode 17

Chicago, Illinois: February 2 - Police Search for Kidnapers

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

A gang of kidnappers abducts the wife, son and daughter of a Chicago tire store owner and force him to obtain a withdraw a large amount of money from his bank to ransom his family. As soon as his loved ones are safe, the Chicago Police Department swings into action to locate and arrest the criminals.

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Episode 18

Baltimore County, Maryland: June 23 - Cat Burglar Hits Again

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

The Baltimore County Police Department investigate a string of burglaries in the Essex and Dundalk neighborhoods. The modus operandi is the same - a cat burglar sneaks into a rowhouse and searches the home for valuables while the family is asleep. Although patrol cars, beat policemen and K-9 corps blanket the area, the score is Burglar 38, Police 0 until the detectives get a solid lead.

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Episode 19

Minneapolis, Minnesota: August 17 - All Three Killers Are Still on the Loose: Part 1

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

Two Minneapolis policeman are gunned down by car thieves when the crooks crash the stolen vehicle after a hot pursuit. Though the criminals initially manage to escape via a series of carjackings, they are flushed by sheriff's deputies in Anoka County, Minnesota resulting in a massive manhunt that brings lawmen from as far away as Wisconsin to track the gang.

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Episode 20

Minneapolis, Minnesota: August 17 - All Three Killers Are Still on the Loose: Part 2

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

The manhunt for a gang of cop killers heats up when one of their members is arrested for suspicion of car theft. His manages to escape with the help of his parters in crime, but they are surrounded in the countryside by policemen from several Minnesota jurisdictions.

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Episode 21

Rochester, New York: 14 Year Old Girl Missing

When a pretty teenager disappears on her way home from school, Rochester, New York's public safety personnel organize search parties to comb the neighborhoods, woods and fields looking for the missing girl. Whe her body is found, the police department changes gears and launches a murder investigation.

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Episode 22

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Armed Robber Takes Girl Clerk with Him

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

A middle-aged man, down on his luck, in debt and without money to pay the rent decides to embark on a life of crime in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His modus operandi is to rob small stores, grab a hostage and walk her to the nearest subway station where he releases her. When the police track him to his hotel, he barricades himself in his room and threatens to kill himself. The police work quickly to prevent the man from harming himself or others.

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Episode 23

Buffalo, New York to All Law Enforcement Agencies - Safe Crackers Hit Again

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

On a snowy winter night in Buffalo, New York, a gang of safe crackers enters a factory to steal the money supposed to kept on the premises. The crooks' plans are derailed when one of the gang members accidentally sets off the buildings sprinkler system, resulting in an alarm being sent to the local police department. As the gang scrambles to escape, they bump into a group of teenagers returning from a soda shop. The Buffalo police attempt to make a case against the gang based on the tenuous information provided by the youths.

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Episode 24

Culver City, California: September 2 - Local Bombing Still Unsolved

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

Explosions are the obsession of a budding juvenile delinquent who starts off with small chemistry set blasts, but soon moves up to auto thefts, store break-ins and finally torching a police squad car.

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Episode 25

Burbank, California: April 9 - Search for Injured Boy in Mountains

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

While hiking with his friends in the Verdugo Mountains above Burbank, California, a young boy loses his footing, falls to the bottom of a canyon and is serious injured. His friends rush to find help, but become disoriented in the remote area when trying to lead the police back to the injured boy. Desperate to find the youngster before dark, the Burbank P.D. organizes a massive search party.

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Episode 26

Los Angeles County, California: January 20 - Spy in the Sky

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

A pair of warehouse employees for a trading stamp merchandise company plan a daring burglary and attempt to bribe the company's head security guard to allow them access to the building. The guard goes along with the plan, but secretly alerts the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department who arranges to trace the stolen merchandise to the criminals who fence the goods.

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Episode 27

Long Beach, California: January 12 - Missing Person Baffles Police

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

A missing persons case turns into a murder investigation for the Long Beach Police Department when a young woman dies from a botch abortion. The police learn that the missing woman had ties to a notorious criminal wanted for automobile theft, armed robbery and abortion. They set up a sting operation using a pretty police woman as bait.

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Episode 28

Denver, Colorado: September 3 - Escaped Prisoner Still at Large

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

While on parole from the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City Colorado to attend his brother's funeral, a young hoodlum flees from his guard and returns to his chosen profession of armed robbery. The Denver Police Department quickly mobilizes to comb the escapee's known haunts and arrest him before he can injury any citizen.

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Episode 29

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: February 15 - Three Females Commit Armed Robbery

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

Short of cash, three young female roommates buy starter pistols on a lark, then decide to put them to use robbing restaurants. Police officers in the Milwaukee police department quickly gather bits of information that they use to identify, arrest and conflict the youthful criminals.

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Episode 30

Berlin, Germany 1941: Nazi Threat Increases - Miami, Florida 1962: Nazi Threat Increases

While investigating a series of bombings and attempted assassinations, the Miami Police Department's intelligence unit uncovers a gang of neo-Nazis and attempts to infiltrate the group using an undercover police officer who was a Hitler Youth during World War II.

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Episode 31

Oakland, California: January 3 - Police Hunt Shotgun Gang

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

In Oakland, California, a gang of criminals armed with sawed-off shotguns rob a restaurant and strike one of the patrons with the butt of one of their weapons. Their getaway car is spotted by a motorcycle cop who is shot trying to apprehend the crooks. Shortly thereafter, the Oakland police force mobilizes to purse the shotgun wielding trio.

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Episode 32

St. Louis, Missouri: October 24 - Prison Escapee Captured in Armed Robbery Shootout

Wed, Jan 22, 196430 mins

A pair of criminals serving life sentences at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City escape and are recruited into a gang of criminals who intend to invade the home of a wealthy couple and force them to turn over the stash of money they believe to be hidden there. When an informant notifies the St. Louis County police department of the plan, the officers set a trap for the criminals.

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