Jewel thief “ask me anything”

[whitewave]

My son sent this to me....

 

[rainydaze]

That was fascinating @whitewave. Thank you for sharing it!

I have known of two jewelers that were robbed. One was so traumatized and afraid for his employees going forward that he closed his doors. Obviously this affected their lives - it changed the livelihoods of him and his employees, and it had a great emotional toll. The other jeweler was a very small town store and I was afraid to go in there afterward. Interviews with the employee indicated she was traumatized by the experience. It was interesting to me that despite his (surprising, to me) positive turnaround, he seems to have no understanding that his crimes did in fact hurt people. And that while he has 'done his time', and left criminal acts behind him, the effects of what he did will stay with his victims for their lifetimes.

 

[whitewave]

This one is even better. He really explains how to case a place, and he talks about what he did to his victims.

His YouTube is very interesting.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

That was fascinating @whitewave. Thank you for sharing it!

I have known of two jewelers that were robbed. One was so traumatized and afraid for his employees going forward that he closed his doors. Obviously this affected their lives - it changed the livelihoods of him and his employees, and it had a great emotional toll. The other jeweler was a very small town store and I was afraid to go in there afterward. Interviews with the employee indicated she was traumatized by the experience. It was interesting to me that despite his (surprising, to me) positive turnaround, he seems to have no understanding that his crimes did in fact hurt people. And that while he has 'done his time', and left criminal acts behind him, the effects of what he did will stay with his victims for their lifetimes.

I knew a lady who worked in a suburban bank branch
Twice she got to work after the robbers had left but before the police arrived
She was terrible traumatised by this
It must be trully terrifying for those being held up

 

[RingHungryTime]

That's an interesting video - perfect fit for this forum.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Is anyone else having trouble viewing the video ?

 

[diamondsR4eVR]

Fascinating videos! Thanks for posting.

 

[monipod]

Very interesting indeed!

That was fascinating @whitewave.
It was interesting to me that despite his (surprising, to me) positive turnaround, he seems to have no understanding that his crimes did in fact hurt people. And that while he has 'done his time', and left criminal acts behind him, the effects of what he did will stay with his victims for their lifetimes.

I think there is an element of sociopathy that stops criminals (particularly white-collar) from understanding the real human damage done by their crimes. They know what they did was wrong but the lack of empathy stops them from ever feeling sorry for those affected.

 

[Johnbt]

The jewelry store robbery happened here in 1994. I am only posting the beginning of the linked story.

www.thefreelibrary.com/Lead+and+diamonds%3A+the+Richmond+jewelry+store+shootout.+(The+Ayoob...-a099130342

"December 2, 1994. William "Pappy" Head, 71, and Thomas Jefferson Salter, 56, are what today's young predators would call "OGs"--"Old Gangsters." Pappy is a known hit man, on parole after serving only a year of a five year sentence for conspiracy to commit murder, and both have a long history of robbing banks and jewelry stores. Salter has told his son he does it for the adrenaline rush. Both are members of a loose-knit gang of all-white robbers, killers and dope-runners known in the deep South as the Dixie Mafia.

Their target is Beverly Hills Jewelers, an upscale shop within sight of the Henrico County Police Department and the local FBI office on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia. The store has already been cased for them the previous September by crooked carnival workers tied to the Dixie Mafia, when they were in town for a fair. It looks fat and easy. Pappy unlimbers his double-barrel, 12 gauge sawed-off shotgun and Tom draws one of the two handguns tucked in his belt, a 1911 .45 auto. They roll ski masks down over their faces and burst through the door.

They don't know that when they emerge, they'll be wearing body bags instead of ski masks."

 

[missy]

I think there is an element of sociopathy that stops criminals (particularly white-collar) from understanding the real human damage done by their crimes. They know what they did was wrong but the lack of empathy stops them from ever feeling sorry for those affected.

And that is exactly what makes certain individuals (not talking about a jewel thief per se more about the murderer/rapist/pedophile etc) so dangerous that nothing and no one can rehabilitate them.

Thank you @whitewave for sharing these videos.

 

[missy]

Is anyone else having trouble viewing the video ?

@Daisys and Diamonds I can view them...perhaps try viewing these on another device?

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

@Daisys and Diamonds I can view them...perhaps try viewing these on another device?

I will
i thought maybe it had been disabled by an extension of the nanny state
Hay my smilies are working today