{"id":699,"date":"2006-02-15T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2006-02-15T18:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/02\/havent_they_heard_of_mail_fraud_or_at_least_something_that_doesnt_require_heavy_machinery.html"},"modified":"2006-02-15T10:01:35","modified_gmt":"2006-02-15T18:01:35","slug":"havent_they_hea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/02\/havent_they_hea.html","title":{"rendered":"Haven’t They Heard Of Mail Fraud, Or At Least Something That Doesn’t Require Heavy Machinery?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crazy<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Damages to Casale Jewelers, located at 1639 Richmond Rd., are estimated at $100,000, including the hole in the roof through which the thieves tried — and failed — to hoist an 8,000-pound safe out of the building.<\/p>\n

“They got the safe, but they dropped it,” said manager Kim Scarlotta.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Even though nothing was stolen, owner Dominick Casale said he’s offering a $10,000 store gift certificate for information leading to the capture and conviction of the holes-in-the-store gang.<\/p>\n

“They came on an excavator they stole from a job site down the road, drove it up one of the driveways and ripped the roof off,” said Ms. Scarlotta.<\/p>\n

The intruders also drove the machine through the wall of the store, breaking a gas line.<\/p>\n

“They almost blew up themselves and my building!” exclaimed Casale.<\/p>\n

Water pipes were smashed, electrical wires severed and merchandise crushed, including jewelry and a Swarovski crystal piece.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

“They were watching too many movies like the ‘Italian Job’ to think they could pull this off,” said Casale.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crazy: Damages to Casale Jewelers, located at 1639 Richmond Rd., are estimated at $100,000, including the hole in the roof through which the thieves tried — and failed — to hoist an 8,000-pound safe out of the building. “They got the safe, but they dropped it,” said manager Kim Scarlotta. . . . Even though […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staten_island","category-the_screenwriters_idea_bag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}