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Sunday, August 1, 1982

The Daily News, New York, NY, 2/16/82

A pair of robbers attacked New York restauranteur Salvatore Cirella in the driveway of his Long Island home, ...

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Thursday, July 1, 1982

The News, Buffalo, NY, 3/20/82

A quartet of young thugs had knocked a 74-year-old woman to the pavement and were laughingly rifling her ...

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Saturday, May 1, 1982

The Knickerbocker News, Albany, NY, 3/5/82

Frank Riggi and his wife were awakened by an intruder who broke into their Schenectady, N.Y., apartment in ...

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Thursday, April 1, 1982

The Daily News, New York, NY, 2/5/82

Morris Scheiner, 60, was alone in his Flatbush, N.Y., liquor store when a trio of armed robbers burst ...

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Monday, February 1, 1982

The Daily News, New York, NY, 10/7/91

When one of the two men robbing his Ridgewood, N.Y., jewelry store was briefly distracted, William Zelnick grabbed ...

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Monday, February 1, 1982

The Courier-Express, Buffalo, NY, 11/27/81

A Buffalo, N.Y., armed robber was overjoyed to see police after he attempted to rob a donut shop. ...

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Monday, February 1, 1982

The Daily News, New York, NY, 11/27/81

Israel Matos tried to remain calm as a trio of armed robbers ransacked his E. Harlem, N.Y., grocery. ...

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Friday, January 1, 1982

The Post, New York, NY, 10/8/81

Victor Kaufman never used his service revolver during a 24-year career as a New York City policeman. But ...

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Friday, January 1, 1982

The Daily News, New York, NY, 10/3/81

A trio of stocking-masked burglars broke into the Queens, N.Y., home of Stephen Rappel, and bound Rappel and ...

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Sunday, November 1, 1981

The Times-Herald Record, Newburgh, NY, 8/28/81

Newburgh, N.Y., homeowner Dale Southwell heard the sounds of forced entry into his home and investigated, armed with ...

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