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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...

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$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...

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Mafia 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...

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Guilty 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...

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Suspected ‘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...

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Feds 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...

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‘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...

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Daring ‘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...

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Suspected 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...

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Return 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...

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Great 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...

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Great 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...

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Masked 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...

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Cyprus 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...

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Train 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....

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The 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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Book 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,...

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The 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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