Final confession : the unsolved crimes of Phil Cresta / Brian P. Wallace & Bill Crowley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Brian P., 1949-

Contributor:

Crowley, Bill.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thieves--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.

Thieves.

Burglary--Massachusetts--Boston.

Burglary.

Organized crime--Massachusetts--Boston.

Organized crime.

Cresta, Phil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lebanon, N.H. : University Press of New England, 2013.

Summary:

A chronicle of the daring, meticulously planned, and ingenious high-stakes heists (including the second Brinks robbery in Boston) pulled off by mastermind thief Phil Cresta, a career criminal who was also a master at outwitting police and the FBI

Contents:

Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Prologue: Open Cases Now Closed; 1 | The Parker House Heist; 2 | Schools for Thought; 3 | Massachusetts Tightens Its Pockets; 4 | The Team Forms; 5 | A Key for Your Thoughts; 6 | Expensive Cup of Java; 7 | Holiday Weekend Activity; 8 | The Checks Cancel Out; 9 | Kansas City, Here We Come; 10 | Breakdowns; 11 | Cresta Tries It Alone; 12 | The No-Headlined Theft; 13 | The Highwaymen,One Last Time; 14 | Machine Guns at the VA; 15 | Life Is What Happens When You're Busy Making Other Plans; 16 | Suspended Sentences for a Fee; 17 | Brink's Déjà-vu

18 | On the Run19 | Surrounded; 20 | Settling Scores; Aftermath: The Main Characters; Aftermath: Other Characters; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

"Originally published in 2000 by Northeastern University Press"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

9781611683790

1611683793

OCLC:

851970397