Ronnie Biggs quotes: Girlfriends, the Great Train Robbery and life on the run
Tweet 18 December 2013, Ann Gripper, Mirror After his death at the age of 84, we look back on his life through his own words. Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs’s death at the age of 84 ends the life of...
View Article$50,000 reward offered for info in murder of armored car guard in New...
Tweet 20 December 2013, by Henrick Karoliszyn, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune Authorities on Friday announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the three gunmen...
View ArticleMafia Cheated Out of ‘Goodfellas’ Loot, Suspect Told Informant
Tweet 23 January 2014, by Josh Margolin, Pierre Thomas and Aaron Katersky via Good Morning America, ABC News An alleged mobster arrested today for the long unsolved Lufthansa heist made famous in the...
View ArticleGuilty plea in armored car robberies
Tweet 07 February 2014, by Jon Lewis, WSBradio A guilty plea has ended an armored car robbery ring that took a lot of cash and, in one theft, also took a life. Quentin Booker pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleSuspected ‘Pink Panthers’ jewel theft gang member arrested in Spain
Tweet 12 February 2014, Madrid, by Al Goodman, CNN Years on the run as a suspected member of the feared Pink Panthers gang of international jewel thieves have ended for a Serbian man who’s been...
View ArticleFeds charge thieves who allegedly stole $1M in jewelry in six-month East...
Tweet 19 February 2014, by Daniel Beekman, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Roberto Grant, 33, Allen Williams, 35, Terrell Ratliff, 22 and Tyrone Dehoyos, 35, were named in the interstate robbery complaint, which...
View Article‘Bling Ring’ member arrested after allegedly violating parole
Tweet 17 March 2014, by Richard Winton, LATimes One of the leaders of the ‘Bling Ring’ burglary crew, which made headlines for breaking into celebrity homes, has been arrested for allegedly violating...
View ArticleDaring ‘Pink Panther’ heists rake in $500M
Tweet 20 March 2014, CBSNews European ‘Pink Panther’ thieves combine military discipline with ‘smash and grab’ routines to steal $500 million over 20 years. They’ve hit the most expensive jewelry...
View ArticleSuspected Pink Panther gang member arrested after Dhs1.4m Dubai robbery
Tweet 22 April 2014, 7DAYS A suspected member of the infamous Pink Panthers crime gang has been arrested by Dubai Police. Yuri Harris, 53 (left), is one of two British men detained over a Dhs1.4...
View ArticleReturn of suspect in $2.8M gold heist blocked
Tweet 02 May 2014, by Brad Heath, USA TODAY A fugitive charged with pulling off a $2.8 million gold heist could soon be set free because U.S. immigration officials have blocked attempts to return him...
View ArticleGreat Train Robber Gordon Goody confesses 50 years on
Tweet 28 July 2013, by Justin Penrose, Daily Mirror – I had got away with the perfect crime, – he says. – The cops couldn’t prove it was me so they fitted me up. An oxygen tank by his side, ¬Gordon...
View ArticleGreat Train Robbery cash was passed on to Catholic church, claims film
Tweet 02 September 2014, Duncan Campbell, The Guardian Robber Gordon Goody identifies ‘Ulsterman’ of 1963 Royal Mail raid, saying he gave hundreds of thousands to church in Ireland. A documentary due...
View ArticleMasked gunmen carried out largest robbery in Chile’s history
Tweet 12 August 2014, Santiago, by Igor I. Solar, Digital Journal Early this morning a group of eight masked criminals intimidated the guards of a Brink’s armored truck at Santiago International...
View ArticleCyprus Police: Precious Degas Painting Stolen
Tweet 30 September 2014, Nicosia, Cyprus, AP Cyprus police say thieves broke into the home of an art collector and took a painting by famed Impressionist Edgar Degas worth millions. Police spokesman...
View ArticleTrain heist site in Garretttsville will be dedicated
Tweet 14 May 2014, Garrettsville, by Jeremy Nobile, Record-Courier reporter In fall 2012, a Garrettsville historian dreamed of memorializing one of the village’s claims to fame in American lore....
View ArticleThe Heist Provides Readers With a Perfect Visit From Gabriel Allon
Tweet 18 July 2014, by Jackie K. Cooper, Film Critic, Huffington Post Summer offers many nice things. Among them are trips to the beach, cookouts with the family, visits from old friends. It is...
View ArticleThe Gardner Museum Art Thieves, Unmasked at Last?
Tweet 27 August 2014, by Alexander Boyle, Epoch Times March 18, 1990, saw the biggest museum heist take place in American history as the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston was robbed by...
View ArticleThe quiet Great Train Robber reveals identity of the gang’s mystery insider
Tweet Now 85 and living in Spain, Douglas Gordon Goody has decided to share his story with the world – including unmasking the mysterious ‘Ulsterman’ who helped to plan the crime – then vanished. 28...
View ArticleBook Bag: The Best Heists in Fact, Film, and Fiction
Tweet 08 June 2014, by Matthew Quirk, The Daily Beast Even honest like a great in film or fiction. As for the rest of us, we’ll watch anything with turtlenecks and dynamite. But for connoisseurs,...
View ArticleThe wild inside story of ‘The Dog’: How one failed bank robber shaped LGBT...
Tweet 06 August 2014, by David Ehrenstein, Salon I knew John Wojtowicz, the troubled, complicated star of a new documentary. And here’s why I’ll never forget him. – Do you think the Mafia was...
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