Young’s term for practicing with the Taser was to quote, ‘Become one with the Taser,’” Hughes said. Weeks earlier, the team took turns shooting each other with the stun gun to see what it felt like, Portland Police Sgt. Thieves Used Heavy Duty Drill to Break 6.5-Foot Jewelry Vault in London Heist, Police Sayĭuring a theft at Lou Wilson Fine Jewelry in Vero Beach, Florida, Young had the team use a stun gun on owner Lou Wilson. “Once they kind of built a relationship with an employee at the jewelry store, they would start looking for the higher-end diamonds.” “They usually go after a female, and an older female if they can because they just believe that they’re just the most vulnerable person to steal from,” McDaniel said. He was also a master manipulator, persuading new recruits with the promise of money, Lupis told police.īefore the thefts, Young also went to stores pretending to be looking to purchase an item while actually checking out the store’s security measures. When Lupis told Young he left his fingerprints on the front door of the Portland jewelry store, Young returned to the store during all the confusion and wiped them off, Lupis told investigators.Īccording to detectives, Young, an ex-convict, implied that he was part of a crime family and threatened retaliation to those who dared to cross him. “He had the guys convinced that he pre-planned everything to a point where the risks were reduced and there, the likelihood of them getting caught was zero,” McDaniel said. The thieves all played different roles and had catchy nicknames such as the “risk reducer,” the “runner,” the “hero stopper” and the “getaway driver,” Lupis told police.Īccording to Lupis, Michael Young, who called himself the risk reducer, was the ringleader, the mastermind behind their whole operation.ĭuring the jewelry thefts, police said Young sat outside orchestrating the entire event while communicating through a disposable phone.

15, 2010, police got their first big break when a tip helped identify the man who ran out of the store with the diamonds as Victor Lupis.ĭuring an interrogation, Lupis confessed to the crime and told police that there was an entire cast of characters involved in the theft and began naming the other thieves, police said.

Three months after the gang of four men stole a pair of diamonds worth $150,000 from the David Marguilis’ jewelry store in Portland, Oregon, on Dec. If they would have just stuck to the plan but not showed the money off publicly, we might still be trying to figure out who they are right now,” Portland Police Det. But thanks to social media and the crew's unquenchable thirst for cold, hard cash, police were able to track down and nab the thieves.

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