When was the brinks robbery

The Great Brinks Robbery was the biggest armed robbery in U. It was almost the perfect crime. A detective examines the Brinks vault after the theft.

It happened on Jan. The gang of 11 that stole the money after two years of meticulous planning almost got away with it. They failed because they fell out over the division of the spoils. Police arrested all of them five days before the statute of limitations ended.

McGinness masterminded the crime. Pino also recruited a gang to watch the depot for 18 months to figure out when it held the most money. They also removed the cylinders from locks, one by one, and had a locksmith duplicate the keys. The question remains: what happened to the money? At least one suspect bought a piece of land.

In , the case broke wide open. On Jan. FBI agents had wanted to interview him. Two members of the gang — Thomas F. On May 16, , plainclothes FBI agents showed up and burst through the door of the first-floor unit, taking Faherty and Richardson by surprise.

The Globe described their hideout as a cramped one-bedroom apartment. Dog-eared magazines and paperback books were scattered about. He was 16 at the time. Peter Paige's wife attended Wednesday in a wheelchair; they had been married 21 years in Coming here lets us know we're not alone and the three men's sacrifices were not in vain. Constance Frazier also took solace in the large turnout to honor the three men.

Her cousin, Brown, died in the hail of gunfire that wounded Det. Arthur Keenan and injured Officer Brian Lennon , who died in Brown's girlfriend, Mary LaPorte, also attended. Frazier is Rockland's human rights commissioner and a retired schools superintendent.

It makes me feel good that people honor and remember them. Photos: The Brinks robbery-murders capture on film. Parole hearing: Judith Clark knew people could be killed in Brinks robbery; apologizes again.

Transcript: What Judith Clark told a parole board in before her release. The ceremony by the memorial, which lasted more than an hour, featured a police honor guard, a wreath-laying, the playing of "Taps," a rifle salute, pipe and drums, and singing of the national anthem. Retired FBI special agent Ken Maxwell talked about what he called the planned and rehearsed terrorist robbery and the long investigation leading to multiple arrests.

Maxwell ran the bureau's New York Counter-terrorism Division and was part of the joint task force that investigated the Brinks robberies. On a crisp autumn day 40 years ago — like Wednesday — the heavily armed gunmen killed Paige outside a bank at the Nanuet Mall and seriously wounded his partner, Joseph Trombino, who was later killed during the terrorist attack on Sept. At a roadblock on the Mountainview Avenue entrance to the Thruway off Route 59, the gunmen jumped out the rear of a red U-Haul and fired their weapons.

O'Grady died at a hospital, Brown died on the tarmac. The Brinks gang robbed multiple armored cars in the region. The gang comprised s radicals with various extremist groups and Black Liberation Army members.