Edgar Robb

{{Short description|American law enforcement officer & politician (born 1937)}}

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| honorific-prefix =

| birthname = Edgar Straessley Robb

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| image = Donnie Brasco.jpg

| caption =An FBI surveillance photograph of Joseph D. Pistone (aka Donnie Brasco), Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero and Edgar Robb (aka Tony Rossi).

| office = 55th Sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia

| term_start = January 1, 2000

| term_end = January 1, 2008

| preceded = Terry W. Hawkins

| succeeded = J. E. Harding

| state_senate2 = Virginia

| district2 = 25th

| term_start2 = January 8, 1992

| term_end2 = January 10, 1996

| preceded2 = Tom Michie

| succeeded2 = Emily Couric

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|12|23}}

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| birth_place = {{nowrap|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.}}

| party = Republican

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| signature = Edgar S Robb signature.png

| occupation = {{ubl

|Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent (1969–1990)}}

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| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

| branch = United States Army

| serviceyears = 1962–1969

| rank = Captain

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| battles = Vietnam War

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}}

Edgar Straessley Robb (born December 23, 1937) is an American law enforcement officer and politician. As an FBI agent, he went undercover as Tony Rossi.{{cite web |last1=Highsmith |first1=Al |title=The Golden Badge - A history of the Albemarle County Sheriff's Office |url=http://www.albemarleso.org/Ngoldenbadge.html |website=Albemarle County Sheriff's Office |accessdate=2019-12-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724232210/https://albemarleso.org/Ngoldenbadge.html |archivedate=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |last1=Carozza |first1=Adam |title=Club in Holiday Became Focus of FBI Probe |url=http://www2.tbo.com/news/pasco/2007/oct/20/pa-club-in-holiday-became-focus-of-fbi-probe-ar-173113 |accessdate=2020-02-01 |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=20 October 2007 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130208200105/http://www2.tbo.com/news/pasco/2007/oct/20/pa-club-in-holiday-became-focus-of-fbi-probe-ar-173113/ |archivedate=2013-02-08}}{{cite news |last1=Lubasch |first1=Arnold H. |title=Agent Tells of Posing as a 'High-Rolling Hoodlum' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/17/nyregion/agent-tells-of-posing-as-a-high-rolling-hoodlum.html |accessdate=2019-12-29 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1982 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205820/https://nytimes.com/1982/08/17/nyregion/agent-tells-of-posing-as-a-high-rolling-hoodlum.html |archivedate=2014-08-12 |url-status=unfit}} As Tony Rossi, and alongside agent Joseph Pistone (Donnie Brasco), Robb infiltrated organized crime in Miami, Florida.