Fugitive Wanted in 1988 Armored Car Service Heist Identified by FBI Laboratory
March 24, 2026 - A federal fugitive wanted for Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution by the FBI and for First Degree Grand Theft by the State of Florida was recently identified following his death by natural causes in December at a hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.
John Anthony Quinn, also known by various aliases such as Dale Calvin Cluckey, Dale Clucke, Jack Quinn, James Sullivan, and on his death bed as Jim Klein, was wanted for his alleged role in the April 1988 theft of $1.3 million in cash from Federal Protection Service, an armored car service in Riviera Beach, Florida. He was 48 at the time of the theft.
Quinn was employed as a manager and is alleged to have stolen the money from the company’s vault.
The FBI Laboratory Latent Prints Unit positively identified Quinn from a fingerprint card. FBI Miami and FBI Charlotte are grateful for the assistance of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Asheville Police Department in the identification of Quinn.
Quinn had previously been featured on Unsolved Mysteries and America’s Most Wanted.
FBI Miami
Public Affairs Specialist Jim Marshall
(754) 703-2000
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
