#73 - America’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief | Larry Lawton

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.4 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Larry Lawton is originally from the Bronx which is where he got his start in organized crime at the age of 12. From there he went to become known as the most notorious jewel robber in the history of the United States. Larry robbed more than $15 million of jewels until he was eventually tracked down by the FBI and hit with four 12 year sentences. Once he was finally released, Larry reformed his ways and now helps and inspires younger people stay out of prison and change their life path. He also started his own YouTube channel last year which already has over a million subscribers. Larry's Channel: http://youtube.com/LarryLawtonJewelThief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.4	Hello, world.
0:28.9	Today, my guest is the one and only Larry Lawton.
0:33.7	Larry is originally from the Bronx, which is where he got his start and organized crime at the age of 12.
0:39.3	From there, he went to become known as the most notorious jewel robber in the history of the United States.
0:46.0	He robbed over 15, I think it's $15 or $20 million worth of jewels until he was eventually tracked down by the FBI and hit with four 12-year sentences.
0:58.4	Once he was finally released from prison, Larry reformed his ways, and now he helps and inspires
1:02.3	young people to stay out of prison and change their life path.
1:05.5	It's also worth mentioning he started his own YouTube channel last year, which now already
1:10.5	has over 1 million subscribers.
1:12.8	Larry has been through a lot of crazy, scary shit, which we get into on this one.
1:17.6	This has got to be one of the most fun conversations I've had on this podcast.
1:21.1	Please welcome Larry Lawton.
1:31.7	Okay. Lawton. All right, we're alive.
1:33.4	Larry Lawton.
1:34.0	Thanks for coming, man.
1:34.9	Anytime, man.
1:36.0	That RV you got is pretty sick.
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