[Devil_Anse]

He used heroin while out on parole. Here's an article, which I know you've seen, that says the SL Tribune has interviewed something like 28 investigators, and they use those interviews as the basis for saying that Ricci was a hard-core heroin addict who targeted the Smart home for theft in 2001 b/c he needed quick cash.

http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:sFZuafDhau8C:www.sltrib.com/09012002/utah/767291.htm+%22Richard+Ricci%22+heroin&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[jandji]

the article goes both ways, either he's a desperate dope addict looking for quick cash, or he's criminal genius.