Other information provided by OKeefe helped to fill the gaps which still existed. Pino also was linked with the robbery, and there was every reason to suspect that OKeefe felt Pino was turning his back on him now that OKeefe was in jail. Many problems and dangers were involved in such a robbery, and the plans never crystallized. Pino, Richardson, and Costa each took $20,000, and this was noted on a score sheet. On November 26, 1981, six armed men from South London broke into the Brink's-Mat warehouse near London Heathrow. In the back were Pino, OKeefe, Baker, Faherty, Maffie, Gusciora, Michael Vincent Geagan (pictured), and Thomas Francis Richardson. OKeefe was enraged that the pieces of the stolen Ford truck had been placed on the dump near his home, and he generally regretted having become associated at all with several members of the gang. After these plans were reviewed and found to be unhelpful, OKeefe and Gusciora returned them in the same manner. As of January 1956, more than $2,775,000, including $1,218,211.29 in cash was still unaccounted for. Two other Baltimore police officers who were walking along the street nearby noted this maneuver. He was found brutally murdered in his car in 1987. All efforts to identify the persons responsible for the theft and the persons who had cut up the truck were unsuccessful. On the evening of January 17, 1950, employees of the security firm Brinks, Inc., in Boston, Massachusetts, were closing for the day, returning sacks of undelivered cash, checks, and other material to the company safe on the second floor. He was so cold and persistent in these dealings with his co-conspirators that the agents hoped he might be attempting to obtain a large sum of moneyperhaps his share of the Brinks loot. The Brinks vehicle, followed closely by guards traveling in an automobile, turned onto a stone-paved lane called Old Bethel Road. Years earlier, a private investigator, Daniel Morgan, was said to have been looking into the robbery. Well-known Boston hoodlums were picked up and questioned by police. All five employees had been forced at gunpoint to lie face down on the floor. The police officer said he had been talking to McGinnis first, and Pino arrived later to join them. Subsequently, this machine gun was identified as having been used in the attempt on OKeefes life. Neither had too convincing an alibi. An official website of the United States government. Todd Williamson/Getty Images David Ghantt attends the 2016 after party for the Hollywood premiere of Masterminds, based on the Loomis Fargo heist that he helped carry out. A t the time, the Brink's-Mat vault was thought to be one of the most secure facilities in the world. This chauffeurs cap was left at the scene of the crime of the centurythe 1950 robbery of a Brink's bank branch in Massachusetts. Banfield drove the truck to the house of Maffies parents in Roxbury. (On January 18, 1956, OKeefe had pleaded guilty to the armed robbery of Brinks.) The robbery saw six armed men break into a security depot near London . Even after these convictions, OKeefe and Gusciora continued to seek their release. Brian Robinson was arrested in December 1983 after Stephen Black - the security guard who let the robbers into the Brink's-Mat warehouse, and Robinson's brother-in-law - named him to police. In the late summer of 1944, he was released from the state prison and was taken into custody by Immigration authorities. Two of the gang members moved toward the door to capture him; but, seeing the garage attendant walk away apparently unaware that the robbery was being committed, they did not pursue him. After the truck parts were found, additional suspicion was attached to these men. The trial of these eight men began on the morning of August 6, 1956, before Judge Feliz Forte in the Suffolk County Courthouse in Boston. There are still suspicions among some readers that the late Tom O'Connor, a retired cop who worked Brinks security during the robbery, was a key player, despite his acquittal on robbery charges at . An automobile identified as the car used in the escape was located near a Boston hospital, and police officers concealed themselves in the area. On April 11, 1955, the Supreme Court ruled that Pinos conviction in 1948 for larceny (the sentence that was revoked and the case placed on file) had not attained such finality as to support an order of deportation. Thus, Pino could not be deported. In the succeeding two weeks, nearly 1,200 prospective jurors were eliminated as the defense counsel used their 262 peremptory challenges. The Brink's truck was robbed in the early morning . From his cell in Springfield, OKeefe wrote bitter letters to members of the Brinks gang and persisted in his demands for money. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) _ A Catholic priest and an ex-guerrilla from Northern Ireland were convicted Monday of charges related to the $7.4 million robbery of a Brink's armored car depot. Yet, it only amounted to a near perfect crime. The alibi, in fact, was almost too good. Among the early suspects was Anthony Pino, an alien who had been a principal suspect in numerous major robberies and burglaries in Massachusetts. A systematic check of current and past Brinks employees was undertaken; personnel of the three-story building housing the Brinks offices were questioned; inquiries were made concerning salesmen, messengers, and others who had called at Brinks and might know its physical layout as well as its operational procedures. In addition to mold, insect remains also were found on the loot. Apparently, they had planned a leisurely trip with an abundance of extracurricular activities.. From the size of the loot and the number of men involved, it was logical that the gang might have used a truck. Allegedly, other members of the Brinks gang arranged for OKeefe to be paid a small part of the ransom he demanded, and Costa was released on May 20, 1954. Following their arrests, a former bondsman in Boston made frequent trips to Towanda in an unsuccessful effort to secure their release on bail. As the robbers sped from the scene, a Brinks employee telephoned the Boston Police Department. During 1955, OKeefe carefully pondered his position. The gang at that time included all of the participants in the January 17, 1950, robbery except Henry Baker. "A search warrant was executed in Boston covering the Tremont Street offices occupied by the three men" (FBI). Any doubts that the Brinks gang had that the FBI was on the right track in its investigation were allayed when the federal grand jury began hearings in Boston on November 25, 1952, concerning this crime. A federal search warrant was obtained, and the home was searched by agents on April 27, 1950. On August 1, 1954, he was arrested at Leicester, Massachusetts, and turned over to the Boston police who held him for violating probation on a gun-carrying charge. Before fleeing with the bags of loot, the seven armed men attempted to open a metal box containing the payroll of the General Electric Company. He, too, had left his home shortly before 7:00 p.m. on the night of the robbery and met the Boston police officer soon thereafter. (Following pleas of guilty in November 1956, Fat John received a two-year sentence, and the other two men were sentenced to serve one years imprisonment. Pierra Willix Monday 13 Feb 2023 8:00 am. There had been three attempts on his life in June 1954, and his frustrated assassins undoubtedly were waiting for him to return to Boston. While the officer and amusement arcade operator were talking to him, the hoodlum reached into his pocket, quickly withdrew his hand again and covered his hand with a raincoat he was carrying. At approximately 7:00 p.m. on January 17, 1950, members of the gang met in the Roxbury section of Boston and entered the rear of the Ford stake-body truck. The month preceding January 17, 1950, witnessed approximately a half-dozen approaches to Brinks. The record of the state trial covered more than 5,300 pages. The full details of this important development were immediately furnished to the FBI Office in Boston. By fixing this time as close as possible to the minute at which the robbery was to begin, the robbers would have alibis to cover their activities up to the final moment. The missing racketeers automobile was found near his home; however, his whereabouts remain a mystery. On January 12, 1953, Pino was released on bail pending a deportation hearing. Gusciora now had passed beyond the reach of all human authority, and OKeefe was all the more determined to see that justice would be done. Subsequently, he engaged in a conversation with McGinnis and a Boston police officer. He claimed there was a large roll of bills in his hotel roomand that he had found that money, too. The heist. This vehicle was traced through motor vehicle records to Pino. Three years later, almost to the day, these ten men, together with another criminal, were to be indicted by a state grand jury in Boston for the Brinks robbery. If Baker heard these rumors, he did not wait around very long to see whether they were true. Between 1950 and 1954, the underworld occasionally rumbled with rumors that pressure was being exerted upon Boston hoodlums to contribute money for these criminals legal fight against the charges in Pennsylvania. The amusement arcade operator told the officer that he had followed the man who passed this $10.00 bill to a nearby tavern. LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- The FBI and the Los Angeles County. They did not expect to find the Aladdin's cave to contain some 26m in gold bullion and diamonds that they stumbled upon. (Investigation to substantiate this information resulted in the location of the proprietor of a key shop who recalled making keys for Pino on at least four or five evenings in the fall of 1949. He. During November and December 1949, the approach to the Brinks building and the flight over the getaway route were practiced to perfection. Within minutes, theyd stolen more than $1.2 million in cash and another $1.5 million in checks and other securities, making it the largest robbery in the U.S. at the time. The Brink's-Mat robbery occurred at the Heathrow International Trading Estate, London, United Kingdom, on 26 November 1983 and was one of the largest robberies in British history. An immediate effort also was made to obtain descriptive data concerning the missing cash and securities. Interviews with him on June 3 and 4, 1956, disclosed that this 31-year-old hoodlum had a record of arrests and convictions dating back to his teens and that he had been conditionally released from a federal prison camp less than a year beforehaving served slightly more than two years of a three-year sentence for transporting a falsely made security interstate. The Brinks case was front page news. Three of the newspapers used to wrap the bills were identified. Faherty had been questioned on the night of the robbery. Two of the participants in the Brinks robbery lived in the Stoughton area. McGinnis previously had discussed sending a man to the United States Patent Office in Washington, D.C., to inspect the patents on the protective alarms used in the Brinks building. Pino was determined to fight against deportation. On October 11, 1950, Gusciora was sentenced to serve from five to 20 years in the Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary at Pittsburgh. Special agents subsequently interviewed Costa and his wife, Pino and his wife, the racketeer, and OKeefe. During these weeks, OKeefe renewed his association with a Boston racketeer who had actively solicited funds for the defense of OKeefe and Gusciora in 1950. The criminal explained that he was in the contracting business in Boston and that in late March or early April 1956, he stumbled upon a plastic bag containing this money while he was working on the foundation of a house. The recovery of part of the loot was a severe blow to the gang members who still awaited trial in Boston. In addition, McGinnis was named in two other complaints involving the receiving and concealing of the loot. Shortly thereafterduring the first week of Novembera 1949 green Ford stake-body truck was reported missing by a car dealer in Boston. With the death of Gusciora, only eight members of the Brinks gang remained to be tried. On the night of January 17, 1952exactly two years after the crime occurredthe FBIs Boston Office received an anonymous telephone call from an individual who claimed he was sending a letter identifying the Brinks robbers. The team of burglars bypassed the truck's locking mechanism and used the storage containers to haul away precious gems, gold and other valuables. The Gold: The Inside Story will hear from the . The Brinks Mat Robbery: The real story that inspired The Gold. Sentenced to serve from five to seven years for this offense, he was released from prison in September 1941. It ultimately proved unproductive. The robbers did little talking. Captain Marvel mask used as a disguise in the robbery. Three of the remaining five gang members were previously accounted for, OKeefe and Gusciora being in prison on other charges and Banfield being dead. In addition, McGinnis received other sentences of two years, two and one-half to three years, and eight to ten years. On November 26, 1982, six armed robbers forced their way into the Brink's-Mat warehouse, the plan was to steal the 3.2m in cash they were expecting to find stored there. Kenneth Noye now: What happened to the criminal depicted in The Gold after the Brink's-Mat robbery,The Gold tells the remarkable true story of a heist that went almost too well, with success bringing a host of problems The men had thought they were robbing a sum of foreign money, but instead found three tonnes of gold bullion (6,800 ingots), with a value of 26 million back then, around 100 million today. (Geagan, who was on parole at the time, left the truck before it arrived at the home in Roxbury where the loot was unloaded. While action to appeal the convictions was being taken on their behalf, the eight men were removed to the State prison at Walpole, Massachusetts. This was in their favor. McAvoy had attempted to reach a settlement with prosecutors in the case when he offered to repay his share, but by that time the money was gone. What Happened To The Brinks Mat Robbery? This man claimed to have no knowledge of Pinos involvement in the Brinks robbery.). In December 1954, he indicated to the agents that Pino could look for rough treatment if he (OKeefe) again was released. On September 8, 1950, OKeefe was sentenced to three years in the Bradford County jail at Towanda and fined $3,000 for violation of the Uniform Firearms Act. Before they left, however, approximately $380,000 was placed in a coal hamper and removed by Baker for security reasons. The Gold is a 2023 television series created for BBC One and Paramount+. One of his former girl friends who recalled having seen him on the night of the robbery stated that he definitely was not drunk. (Costa, who was at his lookout post, previously had arrived in a Ford sedan which the gang had stolen from behind the Boston Symphony Hall two days earlier.). Until the FBI and its partners painstakingly solved the case. During his brief stay in Boston, he was observed to contact other members of the robbery gang. He claimed he had been drinking in various taverns from approximately 5:10 p.m. until 7:45 p.m. The robbers carefully planned routine inside Brinks was interrupted only when the attendant in the adjoining Brinks garage sounded the buzzer. A new BBC crime drama series follows the gripping twists and turns of what was dubbed the "crime of the century" in the 1980s. OKeefe claimed that he left his hotel room in Boston at approximately 7:00 p.m. on January 17, 1950. This lead was pursued intensively. (Burke was arrested by FBI agents at Folly Beach, South Carolina, on August 27, 1955, and he returned to New York to face murder charges which were outstanding against him there. The money inside the cooler which was concealed in the wall of the Tremont Street office was wrapped in plastic and newspaper. They were checked against serial numbers of bills known to have been included in the Brinks loot, and it was determined that the Boston criminal possessed part of the money that had been dragged away by the seven masked gunmen on January 17, 1950. At that time, Pino approached OKeefe and asked if he wanted to be in on the score. His close associate, Stanley Gusciora, had previously been recruited, and OKeefe agreed to take part. From interviews with the five employees whom the criminals had confronted, it was learned that between five and seven robbers had entered the building. Reports had been received alleging that he had held up several gamblers in the Boston area and had been involved in shakedowns of bookies. The. Despite the fact that substantial amounts of money were being spent by members of the robbery gang during 1954, in defending themselves against legal proceedings alone, the year ended without the location of any bills identifiable as part of the Brinks loot. They did not expect to. In 1936 and 1937, Faherty was convicted of armed robbery violations. Commonly regarded as a dominant figure in the Boston underworld, McGinnis previously had been convicted of robbery and narcotics violations. It was called the crime of the century, the largest heist in US history, an almost perfect robbery. As a guard moved to intercept him, Burke started to run. On January 13, 1956, the Suffolk County grand jury returned indictments against the 11 members of the Brinks gang. It was reported that on May 18, 1954, OKeefe and his racketeer associate took Vincent Costa to a hotel room and held him for several thousand dollars ransom. Like Gusciora, OKeefe was known to have associated with Pino prior to the Brinks robbery. Each of these leads was checked out. The group were led by Mickey McAdams and Brian Robinson who planned to find 3 million in cash. Much of the money taken from the money changer appeared to have been stored a long time. The serial numbers of several of these bills were furnished to the FBI Office in Baltimore. He was certain he would be considered a strong suspect and wanted to begin establishing an alibi immediately.) On June 4, 1956 a man named "Fat John" admitted he had money that was linked to the Brink's robbery in his possession. Many tips were received from anonymous persons. California thieves pulled off a heist straight out of "Ocean's 11'' swiping up to $150 million in jewels from a Brink's armored truck as it drove from one convention show to . OKeefe had no place to keep so large a sum of money. Micky McAvoy, believed by police to be the mastermind behind the robbery, was arrested ten days after the robbery. This man, subsequently identified as a small-time Boston underworld figure, was located and questioned. This incident also took place in Dorchester and involved the firing of more than 30 shots. If local hoodlums were involved, it was difficult to believe that McGinnis could be as ignorant of the crime as he claimed. Thieves vanished after stealing $2.7 million, leaving few clues. From masked gunmen and drugs to kidnappings and bags of cash, the $7.4 million robbery had it all. In the hours immediately following the robbery, the underworld began to feel the heat of the investigation. Burlap money bags recovered in a Boston junk yard from the robbery, Some of the recovered money from the robbery. None of these materialized because the gang did not consider the conditions to be favorable. What happened to the other half of the Brink's-Mat gold? On June 2, 1950, OKeefe and Gusciora left Boston by automobile for the alleged purpose of visiting the grave of Guscioras brother in Missouri. After receiving the go ahead signal from Costa, the seven armed men walked to the Prince Street entrance of Brinks. On August 30, he was taken into custody as a suspicious person. Banfield had been a close associate of McGinnis for many years. Both denied knowledge of the loot that had been recovered. The Brink's cargo trailer was. In September 1949, Pinos efforts to evade deportation met with success. The mass of information gathered during the early weeks of the investigation was continuously sifted. Perhaps most remarkable, its mastermind didn't even have a criminal record when he planned it out. Officials said the incident happened at a Wendy's in a strip mall at 87th and Lafayette, right off the Dan Ryan Expressway. The group were led . They put the entire $200,000 in the trunk of OKeefes automobile. He had been questioned concerning his whereabouts on January 17, 1950, and he was unable to provide any specific account of where he had been. At the time of their arrest, Faherty and Richardson were rushing for three loaded revolvers that they had left on a chair in the bathroom of the apartment. Pino would take the locks to the mans shop, and keys would be made for them. Examination revealed the cause of his death to be a brain tumor and acute cerebral edema. At approximately 9:50 p.m., the details of this incident were furnished to the Baltimore Field Office of the FBI. They had brought no tools with them, however, and they were unsuccessful. On March 4, 1950, pieces of an identical truck were found at a dump in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Had any particles of evidence been found in the loot which might directly show that they had handled it? Almost immediately, the gang began laying new plans. By this time, Baker was suffering from a bad case of nerves. Many other types of information were received. He was through with Pino, Baker, McGinnis, Maffie, and the other Brinks conspirators who had turned against him. As the investigation developed and thousands of leads were followed to dead ends, the broad field of possible suspects gradually began to narrow. Until now, little has been known about the dogged methods police used to infiltrate the criminal underworld behind the 1983 robbery. He was not involved in the Brinks robbery. His records showed that he had worked on the offices early in April 1956 under instructions of Fat John. The loot could not have been hidden behind the wall panel prior to that time. Again, the FBIs investigation resulted merely in the elimination of more possible suspects. And the gang felt that the chances of his talking were negligible because he would be implicated in the Brinks robbery along with the others. Questioned by Boston police on the day following the robbery, Baker claimed that he had eaten dinner with his family on the evening of January 17, 1950, and then left home at about 7:00 p.m. to walk around the neighborhood for about two hours. On June 5 and June 7, the Suffolk County grand jury returned indictments against the three mencharging them with several state offenses involving their possessing money obtained in the Brinks robbery. Apparently suspicious, OKeefe crouched low in the front seat of his car as the would-be assassins fired bullets that pierced the windshield. Then the lock cylinders were replaced. On the afternoon of July 9, he was visited by a clergyman. On January 11, 1956, the United States Attorney at Boston authorized special agents of the FBI to file complaints charging the 11 criminals with (1) conspiracy to commit theft of government property, robbery of government property, and bank robbery by force and violence and by intimidation, (2) committing bank robbery on January 17, 1950, and committing an assault on Brinks employees during the taking of the money, and (3) conspiracy to receive and conceal money in violation of the Bank Robbery and Theft of Government Property Statutes. What happened to the other half of the Brink's-Mat gold? After being wounded on June 16, OKeefe disappeared. The Bureau was convinced that it had identified the actual robbers, but evidence and witnesses had to be found. Shakur, the stepfather of hip-hop star . Perkins was handed a 22-year jail sentence for that one, but absconded from open prison in 1995 and managed to . Occasionally, an offender who was facing a prison term would boast that he had hot information. Veteran criminals throughout the United States found their activities during mid-January the subject of official inquiry. Some of the jewelry might. A second shooting incident occurred on the morning of June 14, 1954, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, when OKeefe and his racketeer friend paid a visit to Baker. Pino, Costa, Maffie, Geagan, Faherty, Richardson, and Baker received life sentences for robbery, two-year sentences for conspiracy to steal, and sentences of eight years to ten years for breaking and entering at night. When the pieces of the 1949 green Ford stake-body truck were found at the dump in Stoughton on March 4, 1950, additional emphasis was placed on the investigations concerning them. All had been published in Boston between December 4, 1955, and February 21, 1956. Investigation established that this gun, together with another rusty revolver, had been found on February 4, 1950, by a group of boys who were playing on a sand bar at the edge of the Mystic River in Somerville. Gusciora also claimed to have been drinking that evening. A number of them discontinued their operations; others indicated a strong desire that the robbers be identified and apprehended. Early in June 1956, however, an unexpected break developed. Since Brinks was located in a heavily populated tenement section, many hours were consumed in interviews to locate persons in the neighborhood who might possess information of possible value. During the period immediately following the Brinks robbery, the heat was on OKeefe and Gusciora. Approximately one and one-half hours later, Banfield returned with McGinnis. He was not able to provide a specific account, claiming that he became drunk on New Years Eve and remained intoxicated through the entire month of January. When this case was continued until April 1, 1954, OKeefe was released on $1,500 bond. Examination by the FBI Laboratory subsequently disclosed that the decomposition, discoloration, and matting together of the bills were due, at least in part, to the fact that all of the bills had been wet.
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