Today is Tuesday, May 19th, 2020.

On this day in 2015, notorious thief Reader, was arrested in connection with one of the largest burglaries

in English history. Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original.

Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised.

Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

Today we're covering the capture of 76 year old Brian Reader, who was arrested after stealing 14 million pounds worth of

jewelry and cash from a safe deposit box facility. Let's go back to London in the early hours of the morning of May 19th, 2015. Brian Reader woke up early that day. He yawned and shuffled to the stove where he put on a pot of tea.

For a while everything was calm, just the way he liked

it. He'd been living on the edge for over 50 years. It was nice to have some peace. But even in the quietest moments, Reader was

ready for trouble. After all, it had only been six weeks since he and five other elderly men had pulled off a history-making

heist.

Though he'd cut and run in the middle of the job to ensure he got away clean, he worried the law would catch up with him soon.

So he wasn't too surprised when the police suddenly showed up at his door on May 19th. He didn't put up a

fight as they dragged him away. How could he? He was 76 years old. He could hardly

make it to his mailbox without wheezing even so

reader cursed under his breath as the authorities took him to the station he never

should have gotten involved in the Hatton Garden burglary.

Thieving wasn't as simple as it used to be.

Now there were cell phones, complicated alarms, and those damn touch screens.

It had sounded almost poetic when she was. alarms and those damn touch screens.

It had sounded almost poetic when he and his old mates had planned it out.

One last big job.

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