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area, stealing the 45-carat
Marlborough diamond, along with many other jewels. Authorities quickly identified the perpetrators—noting that one of the robbers, who turned out to be Scalise, had a badly deformed left hand. The heist lasted about one minute. The duo was arrested as they exited their
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Marlborough diamond was never recovered. A cabdriver in London, Paul Bryk, told authorities that Scalise and Rachel had asked the cabbie to mail a package they were sending to a New York address—a package that authorities believe contained the diamond.
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Scalise to 106 months in federal prison. "This was certainly a waste of a life," Leinenweber told Scalise, who declined to speak in court. "This is a guy who was given a lot and certainly squandered it."
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Korecki (April 10, 2010). "Aging mobsters allegedly planned home, bank jobs - Spent months casing La Grange bank, eyed presumed fortune in Bridgeport house".
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