Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, who became internationally known for events following her 1974 kidnapping and physical violation by a domestic American terrorist group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Hearst was found nineteen months after being abducted, by which time she was a fugitive wanted for serious crimes.
On April 15, 1974, she was recorded on surveillance video wielding an M1 carbine while robbing the Sunset District branch of the Hibernia Bank at 1450 Noriega Street in San Francisco.[5] Hearst announced herself under her pseudonym of Tania.[18][19][20] Two men who entered the bank while the robbery was occurring were shot and wounded.[18][19][20] According to later testimony at her trial, a witness thought Hearst had been several paces behind the others when running to the getaway car.
United States Attorney General William B. Saxbe said Hearst said that Hearst may have been coerced into taking part. The FBI agent heading the investigation had said SLA members were photographed pointing guns at Hearst during the robbery.
In 1976 she was convicted for the crime of bank robbery and sentenced to 35 years in prison. Hearst's sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter and she was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton.
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