Tom Brady and the Patriots 18-0 couldn’t stop the Giants from winning the Super Bowl rings. But a New England fan tried to prevent the Giants from receiving them.
Four months after the Giants stunned the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, professional thief Sean Murphy led a heist to steal millions of dollars worth of products from a Massachusetts jewelry store, which was tasked with creating the rings. Giants championship.
After learning in an article that the Attleboro store would make the rings, Murphy decided to steal the prizes from a team he considered lucky. according to a Bloomberg report, in part due to David Tyree’s change of helmet in the 2008 classic.
F-k ’em, Murphy thought, according to Bloomberg. “They don’t deserve them.”
So Murphy, and an accomplice, punched a hole in the ceiling of the jewelry store, destroyed the alarm, and removed a 1,000-pound safe from the premises.
In his possession were dozens of 1.72-carat diamond-filled rings, including those engraved with the names “Manning” and “Strahan,” according to Murphy, though a spokesman for the Giants at the time said the rings were for full-time employees. , which did not include players or coaches.
Although the robbery was initially successful, Murphy struggled to find a much-hyped taker of the stolen rings. Already investigated for various other crimes, Murphy was eventually caught by authorities, who found 27 Super Bowl rings in a safe deposit box. He had given his girlfriend a ring, which was discovered because another woman Murphy had a relationship with did not receive one and told the FBI.
“We got caught because he gave a 20-year-old f-king a Super Bowl ring,” said David Nassor, who was arrested after selling gold from the heist. “F-k him.”
Murphy, who has been in prison since 2009, claims that he still owns some of the Super Bowl rings.
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