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- Published on Jun 6, 2023 veröffentlicht
- A group of alleged mobsters is under arrest and investigators say they managed to pull the whole thing off by posing as construction workers. News 4’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
If stupidity could be a crime, the real crime is anyone that thinks a rock or rocks are worth 2.5 million.
Fair market value $100,000
Don't underestimate ppl. Don't forget ppl were paying hundreds of thousands for a JPEG of an ape
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Aye, Diamonds have no true worth. You are accurate.
This is what you call disorganized crime.
LMAO this got me
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Unorganized
They used an outdated heist, which worked fine in the 1980s when there weren’t any cameras outside but this is 2023. Lol
😂 exactly
2023 in the NYC, the most cameras per sq. mile in US. Plus a million worth of jewelry divided by 6 minus the tribute they gotta pay = not worth it. You can just spend a year in San Francisco stealing $800 a day and make that with no felony risk.
I am surprised they weren't using their walkers, lol.
You read my mind. 😂
They had to give it one last go round, Vinnie Knuckles, and Tony Two Toes didn't give a ratzass about any stinky cameras 📸 .. fuc outta heeaa!!!😆
They got dressed in front of a policeman. The irony.
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Nothing new its been happening for decades.
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The fact that these men still get called “Mobsters” by the media is showing you the unwarranted respect the media and society has for these low lifes. Gangs and Thugs is what they really are. And they’re crash dummies to do this type of crime in 2023. Who is going to cooperate first ?
If the skin was darker. They would have said "gang"
Even then.. she made sure to say _"alleged"_ mobsters instead of just calling them thugs or talking abt how they behaved Savagely
@Sunflower 100 %
Facts
1:12 They had me at *”To get into the jewelry store pent house, you need an appointment and have to pass a credit check”* These seniors weren’t waiting around for their info to come back and get denied access.😂😂
so funny bro!!
That robbery plan was drawn up in the 80's😂😂
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lol
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Before cctv everywhere.
What a great job. You leave a complete blueprint with video evidence from planning to getting ready and pulling off the robbery. Detectives must have been really happy with these fools.
Like Deniro would say "amateur night!!!"
What did I tell you. I told you to lay low and not buy anything expensive. "But it's in my motha-in-laws name.."
I don't care, you get it out and you get it out now!!
@daixer3 hahah😆
You’re right but this news report isn’t exactly accurate. They weren’t heading to the robbery. That was like a week before the robbery while they were casing the place. And the last image of the gun in the truck was from 6 months ago. He got pulled over and was somehow wearing the same exact red jacket then- as he did after the robbery
What's Next: "MOBSTERS FOR DUMMIES" book ?
This will definitely be made into a movie about a group of seniors who wanted to pull off one more heist 😂
There is a film where seniors rob a bank. It's called Going in Style,Michael caine,Morgan Freeman,Alan Arkin. It's quite good.
I hope adam sandler plays the one without socks 😂
@pabo 197886 loved that movie😂
@You who
Another good heist movie is called Heist starring Gene Hackman,Sam Rockwell,Danny Devito,Delroy lindo
HEAT with AL Pachino as the leas investigator. I remember walking in the theater late and seeing the shootout. I was wth did I just walk into. Seemed like it went on forever but was really good
Pure definition of “Unorganized Crime”😂😂😂😂😂
This heist was so poorly executed it could actually be a distraction from actual events the mob had in the works.
they look too old
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lol…. There is sooooo many other things going on in life that something like that isn’t needed. These guys were idiots. There are cameras everywhere.
Nothing like leaving a trail using your phone to contact the others before, during and after the robbery.
So let me get these straight. They chatted on the phone like school girls planning the crime, and then they got dressed blocks away from the scene of the crime? Are those people even real mobsters at this point? What the hell?
Sure, Geriatric Mob😢😢
The true Stooges of the Mob
Just because they're mobsters doesn't mean they're intelligent.
Imagine not being able to survive life unless you steal everything you have.
Survive? People all over the world live like kings from theft. Unfortunately.
Not you making excuses for theft. Do you do the same thing when black men steal?
@VicG The real question is why do you have to make everything about race? Racism will never end because black people will never let it end! And that’s the truth!
As much as I love jewelry and these are things could never come close to having. I wouldn’t be able to just take it and these jerks take the stones out and ruin the pieces like someone’s going into a museum and ruining a painting for some stupid reason as if they had a right to do it . Glad they got caught!
They used to get away with anything back in the day, nowadays they can't even do a small con without getting caught
Well its good to know the mob is still alive and active 🙄🙄🙄
Ikr I’m like where are they at???? they had such a huge presence and influence back in the day but yup they are still active😂
We're IS Peter Parker to Save Ripper Jay Z
all wearing diapers
@SHAWN ATKINS LIVE! Who Has The Handcuff Key. 🍋
I feel like this was way too easy, they gotta be planning something right
This is what happens when senior citizens lack a retirement plan.
How's yours coming along?
@Lisa Oh come on have a little sense of humor lol😊
@Lisa Thanks for asking. Mine is just fine. A healthy portion of my biweekly paycheck is automatically deposited into my retirement account. How's yours?
@Lisa not headed to prison. You?
@TheoTheLeo when the dollar crashes soon it wont be worth much.
With all the gangs in the world these are the ones the whole world is enamored with. Everybody else gets called gang-members, savages and thugs but they're still called "mobsters."
Because they follow a code. That’s why they get respect.
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It must have felt strange to actually wear work clothes
Ha! Ha! 😂😂😂 nice one!
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Lmfaoo
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Got emmm loooll
I’m glad there still real people out here
It’s almost like they did everything possible so they would definitely get arrested.
It does seem like it. It seemed like a real desperate attempt.
They haven't been getting attention lately.. they needed press.
@DJLARONMUSIC They were getting tired of exploiting the unions 😂
how man
Could've been a distraction for something bigger over dis way
why are they always doing this 😭
stop the violence
I hope the world gets better soon !
I am surprised these old dudes still putting in work like that. Damn
They got caught. At crime, they suck.
Recession is real..
Them SSI checks aren’t enough lol.
italian maffias!
This is like showing this generation how a rotary phone works, heartbreaking 😅😅😅😅
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Who doesn't love a good old fashioned jewel heist!!
The singer Jewel....Who Will Save Your Soul...when they're mouths to feed and black and white TV 📺
The little hats don't.
You would think they are career criminals, and would be more careful and low-key, to get others to do their dirty work, or atleast hide their face knowing theres cameras everywhere.. its like they were trying to get caught.
This is the story I needed today…
When I tell you I died when they walked out talking shit to the camera🤣
Ikr😂 Geriatric Feckless Mafia😂
@Delicious Monroe🤣🤣
With high-tech, and surveillance cameras everywhere it is impossible to pull heists like in the old days
Actually it is. Look up Serbian pink panthers.
@Iggy BooSnot in NYC. Largest police force in the country and the surveillance to match. If you do something in ny, they will catch you.
@early man
Nyc sucks i agree
How’s a 50 year old mobster not retired
more like 70 year old thugs
Things are tough all over
There's no retirement plan lol
Who ever heard of retiring from the mob ..forget about it
Inflation
This is honestly refreshing. Haven't seen these little rascals in a while. Come on robbers, we need more diversity!
"These little rascals" wonder if you would use the same flowery description if they were black or latino? nah, dont answer that. we already know!
@Bme Films stop forcing us to accept people we don't want to accept
😂😂….they think it’s the 1980’s still😅
I think the other robbers who would come in with hammers and break glasses and take the jewelry got away with a lot more than this mafia heist night
I was thinking the same thing..something is fishy..only 2 million? Maybe the stores paid or the insurers paid for the return of the jewelry at less than the cost of paying the insurance claim..
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@Washington George Only 2 million tax free dollars.
Those smash and grab robbers seem to target jewelry shops in malls, not this type of high-end stores. So most probably those smash and grab robbers only able to steal low-end jewelries, perhaps some of them even fakes, without them knowing it. So $2 million is actually a good amount for robbers.
Yeah but can they fix your drywall?
Crazy how they can find these guys easy, but everyone else committing violent crimes throughout the city
Damn, I never heard of the mafia being so sloppy !!!
Sloppy work, greed got them caught. Unfortunate that their senior minds operated in a slush manner. 😢😢😢
Uses a costume, Gets dress next door, Uses own cell phones to talk. No burners, no nothing. They needed a young guy with some tech in the crew.
so youre saying, they needed to be better at criming? got it!
The dealers in The Wire operated better than these knuckle heads.
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They seem like the types to be too insecure to take advice from a tech guy.
@Bme Films that’s what I read 😂🤣😂
Am I missing something? You can prosecute someone when you aren’t 100% sure whose face is under the mask?
Just use your imagination to think of ways it can be deduced. While you are at it, think if it is even possible to be 100% certain of ANYTHING!
But putting that probability statement aside for now...think outside the box! There are cameras all over the place now. If investigators get a little lucky, they can use cameras from a whole bunch of different locations to peace together the actions of these lowlife criminals (like an old action film reel-by-reel!). That's actually partly what happened in this case.
But once you establish even a single partner-in-crime, the whole thing could "blow" open. They could get court orders for phone records linking them to the crime. Also, once they are suspected enough to get arrested, their DNA can be taken to possibly link them to the crime scene - even more deeply establishing their presence/involvement. It goes on and on and on...
Good technology in investigative tools is making it more difficult for these low lives to get away with such archaic crime. Especially when they go after such a high value targets where not only the local police and FBI will be involved. But also the company's own private investigators!
What a fine group of men. Definitely future leaders of society right here
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As a former construction worker, I'd just like to mention we're not all like this. Some of us don't rob jewelry stores at all.
I guess what I find hard to understand is how, in this day and age, do you fence stolen jewelry? Its not like they knocked over a Claire's. This stuff is crazy expensive and unique. Wouldn't they have a hard time displaying or wearing it where no one would ever notice? like, what happens to the items? (Art, jewelry, cars) Are the purchasers getting some deep discounts or something? If you have millions to be able to buy jewelry on the black market, couldn't you just buy it in the store and avoid potential "possession of stolen goods" charges? What is the upside and how is this type of crime still profitable?
The gold will be melted and the stones will be fenced out.
A lot of the stuff ends up overseas.
I had the same question @Richman thanks for responding.
That stuff is stripped down like cars.....sold in pieces
Staying in New York after they “Allegedly “ did the robbery there is pretty stupid 🤦🏻♂️
THUGS…Ridiculous behavior with their long age. SMDH
Right
They have no choice but to follow orders, they assign an older squad for this
Old age .
They all need to GROW UP
It is embarrassing I have an uncle in his 70s and still rolling like this
Teach your kids that it's OK to be a nerd and not a gangsta.
Absolutely
@Lafreda Hendricks Amen!
True story
@Bald & Insecure Salute!
You got to love how the mob always uses costumes 🤣 and The Hole in the Wall Gang 🤣
Construction 🚧
I’m from the Jersey Shore. 🏖️
The hole in the brain gang.
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Damn they didn't even try to hide from the cameras they should have just live streamed the heist from Facebook lol!
“You idiots, we dont rob the freaking thing we shake them down for protection” 😂
This is what happens when the mob watches too many mob movies.
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They were completely unaware that cameras could capture an innocent face.
Nothing like the 90s you used to get away with a well executed plan like this. But the days of cameras everywhere you're looking over your shoulders forever.
Damn these old men still going around doing crimes themselves lol smh 🤦🏾
Wow, I thought it was the eighties again! Brings back memories. Well, that was a short visit nack to NYC 😂
They are from the 80’s 😂
@French Toast77 you ain't wrong 😂
It’s alright to rob people with overpriced diamonds just don’t be a working class citizen and rob someone without hurting anyone
It's not smart getting dressed where the camera sees you 🫠🫠
Yea that was really stupid.
We are in that day and age
Tony Soprano is not happy about this botched job. Somebody got to pay now.
Forget about it ..
@SlickRick330 forget about it
These retirees were sitting around the den with their nephew who is paying child support with his unemployment check and someone put the opening scene to Goodtime on and Uncle Joey was like you 'Know what boys? I think we could pull that off... EEEEEZZZIE!!! BADABOOM!
Fugaeabouit😂😂😂😂
Christ I hope the elderly members are actually made and not just low level associates 🤣
There’s cameras everywhere. It’s crazy
They are an embarrassment to the life.
What life of crime?
“ I work in construction “ taken to a whole new level 😂
lol 😂
Hahaha
Lmao
The most New York ish I've seen so far this year...
and also,
The video I'm showing everyone when they ask "where do these kids get it from?" 😩😂
So they are at a ripe age of 65 and over and still pulling heist? Then you got a younger one in training..
I have a big case of second hand embarrassment here
They made it pretty easy for investigators 😂
Words in the streets. This is just a dare gone wrong by oldies on the new generation of high tech mobsters that they can pull this up the old fashion way without the need for digital experts manipulating the cameras and motion detectors.
I love how NYPD is laughing with them.
I wish someone in their circle would have said NOPE! It's not worth it. Not even for 2 Mill. Everyone. Have a fantastic day! 🧡
More like $100,000...
@Charles Bronson 80s money too? 😂🤣😂
Their culture won't allow for it.
NO BAIL. your summer just went down the tubes, along with the next ten years!!
BYE BYE GOMBA!
Before I repented to the Lord I was involved in several armed robberies during my adolescence (nothing of this caliber) and I still didn't learn, after my release from jail I pursued a life of drug dealing for nearly 20 years after that which I prospered tremendously.
I mocked those who worked 9 to 5 telling myself I make their 2 week pay within 1 single day which was true but my pride and ego go the best of me and a nasty gambling habit I developed even though I didn't use any drugs myself I lived off the misery, illness, and misfortune of others until the day it all came crashing down and not by law enforcement, I self destructed which lead me to where I am now, on the path of righteousness.
It is never too late as long as you're alive even if you are incarcerated REPENT there is no other way to escape the grasp of Satan and his demons believe me, these words I type are the truth. 🙏❤
Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. - Hebrews 13:3
Now imagine all the times the got away with it
Would’ve worked in the 60s,70s, or even 80s but times have changed tremendously
This plan would have 100% worked in the 80s
What is the difference between out on bail and bond mean? Does that mean once they pay their money for the bond and bail, they are completely free from going to jail and back to normal life again?
These cannot be mobsters ! Do they not watch they own movies ? 😂😂😂
Can you imagine the conversation before hand to plan the heist? Love to hear that.
Badda bing 😂
If they painted themselves brown , got dressed far away inside , used a construction truck and just kept talking to a minimum they may have gotten away .. they made a few obvious dumb mistakes ..
You cannot rob a candy store without been on camera. These prehistoric animals need to go for their own safety before they get wacked for being an embarrassment to the "Family"
Sht, candies got camaras in them😂
We’ll said
If they were smart they would have disguised themselves as someone else at home, then have those disguises on when getting into the next disguise in front of the camera. Then the cops would chase those other guys. You have to think two steps ahead.
Future burglars appreciate you. 😂
At least they didn’t hurt anyone this time I can respect that,
it’s all about money 👍🏽
I cannot believe I cannot believe it you was never going to get that wow they tried to steal the gold deposit stones 😂😂😂
they were supposed to be in excellent physical condition first. Jason Statham made it look easy on the Bank Job. Construction guys actually make quite a bit of money and don’t usually squander their pay on luxurious glitter.
If your in your 40s and still a fool you'll never change 😎😎
You really cant get away with crime these days. Might as well find another avenue for revenue.
Yup dna, cameras and cellphone very hard to not get caught
Lyrics "Avenue for Revenue
That's easy just join the government they do it daily 😂
Unless ur of a particular background. Then the DA just let's u walk. 😅
They never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
Small hands
Didn’t I tell you not say that again.
Frankly I'm depressed and ashamed
Lol😅😅😅
They should have said they were filming a movie.. Because it was as greatly executed as a keystone cop movie.
At least the crime activity was “organized”. They left all the clues 🕵️♀️ to all the video evidence 😂
With all the surveillance you can't drop a deuce in the state park without it being recorded. These guys were bound to get caught. Quickly.
Reminds me of the Kardashian robbery in Paris. Except they actually got away with the jewelry. Most of them got locked up, but they never recovered the jewels.
The Mob usually isn’t this sloppy. Which makes me believe they’re not mobsters 😂😂😂
Good to know the mob are still doing their thing.
Real contractors or not, they're the worst not only stealing the materials etc but anything they can take in ur house too, they're leeches !
Imagine if they were a different skin color!? They would've been right back on the street that same day with all charges dropped
The easiest way to rob a bank is to own one
Perfectly legal that way too.
FACTS 😂
Someone stole a rus* bank fr lol. A rus* banker lost his bank to someone who's well known:) saw the vid story on yt.
They also pose as godly people with intent of fabrications, against the chosen, whom they don't care to know. Isn't that crossing that above the law principle we see so much of. Shame on those unlawful tactics against the Innocent. My opinion.
Those guys don’t even look capable of doing construction work.
Wow even the mafia is back in NYC, damn we really are going back to the 80's.
Who told them they were going to Rob the Jeweler. Somebody told on them.
You could literally just start arresting anyone who's face looks like it was drawn from a 1980's comic book, and be correct 99% of the time. Cliché much?
Maybe I've been living under a rock but this is the first NY mafia related news I have heard in a long while.
They should play the Powerball or Mega Millions 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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@Francisco Salazar or hack the system to steal the money from the PowerBall office. 😅
@Uriel Septim 😄
that is rigged too
CCTV sucks. Hard to get even away with speeding these days.
Those jewels are so unique who were they going to sell it too?