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5 men taken into custody as suspects in 1978 Lufthansa heist
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| 01/23/14
| FOXNEWS
Posted on 01/23/2014 5:59:25 AM PST by Doogle
Five men have been taken into custody as suspects in the 1978 Lufthansa heist at New Yorks John F. Kennedy airport, an FBI spokeswoman says, according to Reuters.
More than $5 million in cash and $1 million in jewels were netted in the heist, which took place on Dec. 11, 1978 and was made famous in the 1990 film Goodfellas.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; goodfellas; jfk; lufthansa; lufthansaheist; mafia
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To: Doogle
Interesting. According to mob lore everyone involved was murdered by mastermind Jimmy Burke who himself died in prison after Henry Hill turned snitch and got him convicted.
To: maine yankee
Hmm.. how about we make a deal Mr. Fbi. I talk, you give me or my family proceeds for holywood story.
hey, maybe there is an industry of crime sollicited by Holyweird writers. It reminds me of a movie with DeNiro where he writes the movie as the crime goes along... Get Shorty?
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01/23/2014 6:40:29 AM PST
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
To: oh8eleven
You were expecting Ole and Sven Yohansen ?
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posted on
01/23/2014 6:40:41 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: Doogle
Robert Deniro is going to jail?
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posted on
01/23/2014 6:44:31 AM PST
by
moovova
To: Hatteras
To: Hatteras
Frankie, was he shaking? I wonder about you sometimes, Henry. You may fold under questioning... Here's one of my favorite mash-up videos for this: Goodfellas Peanuts: Funny, How?
To: moovova
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posted on
01/23/2014 7:09:18 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Chode
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posted on
01/23/2014 7:22:52 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Yossarian
Ah, isn't there a "Statute of Limitations" in effect in NY State for this crime?Probably so if it were just a robbery. However, with murder involved in its cover-up, I am guessing that nullifies the statute of limitations on all aspects of the robbery as the murder and the robbery can be definitely linked and there is no statute of limitations on murder.
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posted on
01/23/2014 7:34:27 AM PST
by
CommerceComet
(Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
To: oh8eleven
Where's the diversity? What do you mean! Some are from Naples, some are Calabrese, some from Sicily... :-)..
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posted on
01/23/2014 7:42:53 AM PST
by
taildragger
(The E-GOP won't know what hit them, The Party of Reagan is almost here, hang tight folks....)
To: Doogle
1978? Glad they caught them, but what about the Statute of Limitations?
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posted on
01/23/2014 7:49:43 AM PST
by
indthkr
To: Eric in the Ozarks
You were expecting Ole and Sven Yohansen? Oooooh, for the good 'ole days ...
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posted on
01/23/2014 8:03:28 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Doogle
“It was among the Italians. It was real greaseball sh**.”
To: Doogle
who squealed thins time???
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posted on
01/23/2014 2:50:12 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Yossarian
They suspect one of the guys arrested was involved in the heist, but they are not arresting him for that crime. They arrested him for an unrelated murder, after they found the body of the victim in Jimmy Burke’s basement (”Jimmy Conway” from Goodfellas).
To: Doogle
I think everybody is dead now even Henry Hill
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01/23/2014 5:37:35 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: Joe 6-pack
D.b.Cooper better be watching his six.....
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
They’ll never catch me.
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posted on
01/23/2014 10:01:32 PM PST
by
Rockpile
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