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Public Enemy No. 1 John Dillinger staged one of the most daring and infamous jailbreaks in American history in Crown Point 89 years ago.

When late Lake County Sheriff Lillian Holley’s 1933 Ford V8 police car rolled back into Crown Point this April amid massive crowds of spectators 87 years after John Dillinger stole it during his infamous jailbreak, television host Josh Gates and a crew were there to film it all. The hourlong episode Gates shot about Dillinger in Crown Point will air on Discovery at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Entitled "Dillinger's Lost Loot," it's the season premiere of the eighth season of his show "Expedition Unknown." "Expedition Unknown" used Sheriff Holley's car to reenact Dillinger's escape with a gun whi...

Joseph S. Pete , 219-933-3316 After John Dillinger was arrested for the murder of a police officer during a bank robbery, he escaped from jail in Crown Point, Indiana, and stole the Lake County sheriff's car. Now, 87 years after the jailbreak, Sheriff Lillian Holley’s car is returning.  It was tracked down and restored by Arizona resident Mark Love and the Old Sheriff's House Foundation in Crown Point.  Joseph S. Pete , 219-933-3316 CROWN POINT, Indiana — Relatives of John Dillinger and an Indiana sheriff will be on hand Saturday after the 1933...

Relatives of John Dillinger and Lake County Sheriff Lillian Holley will be on hand Saturday after the 1933 Ford V8 police car the infamous bank robber stole returns home to Crown Point for the first time in 87 years. Thousands are expected to attend when Holley's historic car returns to Old Sheriff's House and Jail at 226 S. Main St. in Crown Point after departing in a motorcade of Lake County Sheriff's Department police vehicles, including a helicopter, from the Lake County Government Center just up the road at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Discovery Channel will film the festivities and reena...