In May 1994, three males robbed a jewelry store in Daytona Beach, Florida, netting $500,000 (over $920,000 in 2021) worth in gold and diamonds. He became known as one of America's biggest jewel thieves and made the FBI's most wanted list in 1996. At one point, he purchased an Italian pizza restaurant in North Lauderdale, Florida which he later burned down as part of an insurance fraud. He then began robbing jewelry stores along the Atlantic Coast, using his contacts within the Gambino crime family to fence the stolen merchandise. Lawton executed his first robbery when he was 28, an inside job to collect insurance money.
In 1983, having earned his GED, he left the Coast Guard and began engaging in criminal activity, mostly loan sharking and bookmaking. In August 1979, he joined the Coast Guard and took part in the Mariel boatlift. Lawton attended Intermediate IS 192 and Lehman High School, but did not graduate. Francis de Chatal in The Bronx, where he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest. In grades one through six, Lawton served as an altar boy at St. His first encounter with organized crime was through his father, a metal worker who delivered bribes to the New York mafia. Lawton was born in North Hempstead, New York on October 3, 1961. He has acted as a spokesperson for prisoners and prisoner issues, and made appearances in the media as an expert on robberies. In 2007, he started the Reality Check Program to help educate at-risk youths on the consequences of breaking the law. He spent eleven years in prison, and once released, began a career as a motivational speaker, life coach, and author. Lawton gained notoriety for committing a string of jewelry store robberies along the Atlantic Seaboard prior to his arrest in 1996. Lawrence Robert Lawton (born October 3, 1961) is an American ex-convict, author, motivational speaker, and YouTuber. USP Lewisburg, FTC Oklahoma City, USP Atlanta, FCI Coleman, FCI Jesup, FCI Edgefield, FCI Yazoo, FCI Forrest City, FCI Tallahassee, and Riker's Island Interfering with the interstate commerce under Hobbs Act through robberyįour concurrent 12-year federal imprisonment sentences Released from the federal prison system on August 24, 2007
0 kommentar(er)
