Episode 116: Dan Reilly – Rare Documents Theft, Charles Merrill Mount
FBI Retired Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2018
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Retired agent Dan Reilly reviews the case of con-man and rare documents thief, Charles Merrill Mount, a celebrated Portrait artist, who stole hundreds of historical manuscripts from the National Archives and the Library of Congress, including Civil War documents and three letters written by Abraham Lincoln.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 116 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime FBI cases. |
| 0:15.8 | Today we get to speak to retired agent Dan Riley who served in the FBI for 30 years, |
| 0:23.5 | sits as a photographer and technician |
| 0:26.5 | in the FBI Laboratory and 24 as a special agent. |
| 0:31.0 | In this episode, Dan Riley reviews the case of a con man and rare document thief, Charles |
| 0:38.0 | Merle Mount, a celebrated portrait artist and art historian who stole hundreds of historical manuscripts |
| 0:47.0 | from the National Archives and the Library of Congress, including Civil War documents and three letters written by Abraham Lincoln. |
| 0:57.0 | During his career, Dan Riley worked a variety of criminal cases including interstate transportation of |
| 1:04.0 | stolen property, property crimes, and he helped start the FBI Safe Streets |
| 1:10.3 | Task Force program investigating violent drug gangs. |
| 1:14.7 | Dan Riley led the evidence response team, ERT, at the Washington Field Office, |
| 1:20.8 | and provided extensive experience and training to others on crime scene |
| 1:25.8 | examinations. |
| 1:26.8 | After his retirement from the FBI, Dan Riley worked as a private consulting analyst with the high density drug trafficking area, |
| 1:36.0 | Haida, task force operations in the Mid-Atlantic region. |
| 1:40.0 | Dan Riley is currently an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University in the Criminology, |
| 1:46.5 | Law and Society Department. He is in the process of writing his second textbook. And yes, we did speak to Dan Riley before episode |
| 1:57.0 | 77 and during the interview you'll hear about the rewarding results of Dan doing that episode. But before we |
| 2:06.9 | get to it I just want to remind you that the summer is coming the summer is a |
| 2:11.4 | great time to listen to |
| 2:13.4 | podcast, you know, while you're at the beach or on that road trip |
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