I grew up in Newark DE and left in 1980 at the age of 22.
I never heard of the Johnston gang or this story.
I was frustrated by the fact these guys could have been harassed and even jailed for all the known burglaries and transporting stolen vehicles and tractors across state lines. Could this have stalled the killing of poor Robin and the Kiddie Gang in 8/78. Justice seemed to take a long time to take these criminals down for the 100s of thousands of $$$ they were stealing.
I loved the podcaster’s voice and I enjoyed the father DA and their relationship in this story.
I felt the cops were very complacent about this “Gang” and when they finally started to build a case by getting young gang members to turn on the 3 brothers, the killing started. To me they were like surprised?? that these hillbilly car and tractor robbers were even more evil than they imagined.
July 21, 2024 by roco218 on Apple Podcasts