S1 E08: Cat and Mouse

Crimetown

Gimlet

Government, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 14.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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A master thief keeps getting away with big heists. A cop spends years tailing him, tapping his phone, and practically moving in across the street. Their epic tug-of-war will revolutionize the fight against organized crime. For a full list of credits, and for more information about this episode, visit crimetownshow.com. Our Sponsors Blue Apron – To get your first three meals free with free shipping, go to blueapron.com/crimetown. Mailchimp – More than 12 million people use MailChimp to connect with their customers, market their products, and grow their businesses every day. Squarespace – For 10% off your first purchase go to Squarespace.com and use the offer code "CRIME" at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In terms of organized crime in New England, the 70s and 80s were absolutely wild.
0:14.9	This is Brian Andrews.
0:16.7	He's a Vietnam veteran.
0:18.7	He did a couple tours as a tunnel rat, diffusing booby traps.
0:23.1	It took patience and precision not to get blown to pieces.
0:27.2	In After Vietnam, Brian joined the Rhode Island State Police.
0:31.4	I was a uniform trooper and a temporary vacancy had been created and the State Police intelligence
0:40.0	shown it to work on a series of wiretaps all in connection with the same crew of criminals.
0:52.4	This crew of criminals was led by a master thief and Brian's new job was to take him down.
0:59.7	You start to read about some scores that are happening where there's millions of dollars
1:04.6	in precious metal stolen.
1:06.6	It's got to be him.
1:09.6	Anthony W. Fiori, Jr. January 13, 1943.
1:21.5	I can tell you that he drove a Cadillac with a Rhode Island plate of F-674.
1:28.8	I almost shaped my whole career, Anthony Fiori, to be honest with you.
1:33.6	He was assigned to me his whole career.
1:36.7	He was just a brookie patrolman.
1:39.9	They promoted him from patrolman to detective to everything there were all the way up to
1:46.6	head of the state police.
1:47.7	I made his whole career.
1:49.5	Tony only did big scores and if you got Tony you got some other real bad guys and hijackers
1:55.8	on robbers.
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