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  1. Penalty. 6 consecutive life sentences. Bruce Alfred Johnston Sr. (March 27, 1939 – August 8, 2002) was the leader of one of the most notorious gangs in the history of Pennsylvania, U.S. The gang started in the 1960s and was rounded up in 1978 after his son, Bruce Jr., testified against him.

  2. Dec 12, 2016 · Bruce, Sr., Norman, and David Johnston were all convicted and sentenced to life in prison for their crimes. Bruce, Sr. died in a Pennsylvania prison in 2002 at the age of 63, and his two brothers are still serving out their rest of their days behind bars.

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  3. Feb 21, 2013 · Bruce Jr. only avoided a long prison term decades ago after taking the stand against three of the most dangerous criminals in our region's history: Bruce (Sr.), David and Norman Johnston....

  4. Feb 24, 2013 · Delores Troiani, the county prosecutor who questioned Johnston Jr. during the two 1980 trials accusing his father and uncles of multiple murders, including that of his girlfriend, 15-year-old ...

  5. Aug 13, 2002 · Bruce Johnston Sr., one of suburban Philadelphia’s most notorious murderers whose killing rampage became the basis for the movie “At Close Range,” has died of natural causes in prison in...

  6. Aug 17, 2023 · In WRAL’s new true crime podcast, “The Killing Month August 1978,” we begin with the unraveling of the Johnston Gang – the murder of Robin, and the attempted murder of Bruce Junior. This was the night that investigators who had been hot on the trail of the Johnston Gang for years finally understood what they were up against.

  7. Aug 9, 2002 · Johnston, 63, was serving a life sentence at Graterford Prison in Montgomery County on multiple murder convictions, including the shooting death of his stepson. He was pronounced dead at 4:40...

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