Episode 79

Everything’s Bigger in Texas, Including the Stupidity | July 9, 2025 | 33:00

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Bank robbers leave an astounding trail of evidence in their wake.

Hosts

Greg Caputo

Maria Raha

Jason Schell

Topics

• This week’s headline: KATU, Vancouver, Washington, March 29, 2024

• San Antonio, Texas

• Texas Commerce Motor Bank

• Lisa Silvas

• Jack Nealy

Additional Resources

• Contreras, Guillermo. “Bank Robber, Ex-Cop in Trouble Again,” My San Antonio. May 7, 2012. https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/ex-cop-bank-robber-in-trouble-again-3538691.php

• Contreras, Guillermo. “Bank Robber Back in Prison for Playing ‘Big Shot,’” San Antonio Express. June 26, 2014.  https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Bank-robber-cop-back-in-prison-for-playing-big-5582158.php

• Contreras, Guillermo. “Cop-Turned-Robber who Inspired Country Ballad Sentenced Again,” My San Antonio. June 26, 2014.

• https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Cop-turned-robber-who-inspired-country-ballad-5581634.php

• Hollandsworth, Skip. “The Almost Great Bank Robbery,” Texas Monthly. November 1992. https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-almost-great-bank-robbery/

• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas. July 18, 2013. https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/former-san-antonio-police-officer-pleads-guilty-being-convicted-felon-possession

• U.S. vs. Lisa Silvas and Jack Weldon Nealy. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. SA 91 CR 413. June 29, 1993. https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/Opinions/unpub/92/92-5586.0.wpd.pdf.