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American author, Youtuber and former precious stone thief

Larry Lawton
Photograph of Lawton wearing a red shirt and pointing

Lawton in 2010
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Lawrence Robert Lawton


(1961-10-03) October 3, 1961 (historic period 60)

North Hempstead, New York, U.S.
Nationality American
Criminal status Released from the federal prison organisation on Baronial 24, 2007
Conviction(south) Interfering with the interstate commerce under Hobbs Act through robbery
Criminal penalty Iv concurrent 12-year federal imprisonment sentences
Imprisoned at USP Lewisburg, FTC Oklahoma City, USP Atlanta, FCI Coleman, FCI Jesup, FCI Edgefield, FCI Yazoo, FCI Forrest Urban center, FCI Tallahassee, and Riker's Island
Website www.realitycheckprogram.com

Lawrence Robert Lawton (born Oct iii, 1961) is an American ex-convict, writer, paralegal, motivational speaker, and YouTuber. Lawton gained notoriety for committing a string of jewelry store robberies along the Atlantic Seaboard prior to his arrest in 1996. He spent 11 years in prison, and once released, began a career as a motivational speaker, life jitney, and author.[1] [2]

In 2007, he started the Reality Cheque Programme to help brainwash at-risk youths on the consequences of breaking the police force.[3] [4] He has acted as a spokesperson for prisoners and prisoner issues,[five] and made appearances in the media as an expert on robberies.[vi]

Early life [edit]

Lawton was born in North Hempstead, New York on October 3, 1961. His first run across with organized crime was through his father, a metallic worker who delivered bribes to the New York mafia.[7] In grades one through half-dozen, Lawton served equally an altar boy at St. Francis de Chatal in The Bronx,[8] where he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest.[vii] Lawton attended Intermediate IS 192 and Lehman High School, just did not graduate. In August 1979, he joined the Declension Guard[9] and took part in the Mariel boatlift.[viii] In 1983, having earned his GED, he left the Coast Guard and began engaging in criminal activity, mostly loan sharking and bookmaking.[x]

Criminal career [edit]

Lawton executed his commencement robbery when he was 28, an inside job to collect insurance coin.[eleven] He so began robbing jewelry stores along the Atlantic Coast,[3] using his contacts inside the Gambino criminal offence family to fence the stolen merchandise.[8] [12] At one signal, he purchased an Italian pizza restaurant in Due north Lauderdale, Florida, which he later burned downward every bit function of an insurance fraud.[7] He became known as one of America'southward biggest gem thieves and fabricated the FBI's nigh wanted list in 1996.[13]

Capture [edit]

In May 1994, 3 males robbed a jewelry shop in Daytona Embankment, Florida, netting $500,000 (almost $950,000 in 2022)[14] worth of aureate and diamonds.[15] The robbers had dropped off jewelry for repairs, and subsequently returned to rob the shop.[16] Then in Oct 1994, four individuals robbed a jewelry shop in Palm Bay, Florida. The ii store owners were bound while two individuals robbed the store and a 3rd acted equally a lookout and the other as the getaway driver.[15] The robbers took $480,000 ($910,600.81 in 2022)[17] worth of golden and diamonds making it the biggest robbery in the city'due south history.[15] [18] Local police believed there to accept been a connection between this robbery and a robbery that took identify in May 1994 in Daytona Beach, and contacted the FBI.[15] [xviii]

In 1996, at that place was a robbery of a jeweler in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. The robbers had been there the day earlier and returned asking virtually a ring. The robbers drew what constabulary at the time believed were firearms, and restrained the store owner. The store owner managed to break free and grabbed a .38 caliber pistol and fired 5 shots at the robbers as they fled.[xix] [xx] Ane bullet narrowly missed Lawton, merely struck his brother.[eight] Lawton later said that he used a BB gun during the robbery.[10] Afterward, another jewelry store in Lower Bucks Canton became suspicious of a person they believed was casing the place for a future robbery. They reported the auto's license plate, which linked the machine to Lawton.[21] Lawton was arrested by the FBI on December 2, 1996, in Florida and charged with the Fairless Hills armed robbery.[22] Fingerprint evidence connected Lawton to the Oct 1994 Palm Bay heist, and he was charged with that crime also.[xviii]

Lawton is believed to take hit around 20 to 25 jewelry stores,[11] stealing a self-estimated full of around $fifteen–18 1000000 worth of high-value items, including watches, diamonds, and other gems.[23] [24] Lawton later said he was the biggest jewel thief of the 1980s and 90s operating within the United states of America.[3]

Imprisonment [edit]

Lawton was offered a three-year sentence in exchange for disclosing his accomplices but did not take the deal.[10] He was sentenced for racketeering and robbery and spent 11 years in prison before beingness released in 2007.[25] He received an additional sentence in 2002 for giving fake witness.[10] While in prison, Lawton earned a paralegal qualification and became a gang mediator.[26] He was incarcerated in many prisons during his sentence, which included Jesup in Georgia, Riker's Island in New York, Edgefield in South Carolina, and Yazoo City in Mississippi.[ten] [26] While recounting his prison experiences he said: "I saw inmates stabbed and friends die" and "I saw immature men raped and pimped out as prostitutes for other inmates."[27] Another time he said: "I had my arms pinned down, and I was browbeaten and peed on — by the guards. I was kicked. My ribs were broken. I was beaten once a month."[ten]

While in prison in 2003, he was defenseless masturbating and sent to lonely confinement for 27 days as penalization. Lawton filed a lawsuit against the prison and staff alleging that they violated his rights. The suit was later dismissed.[27] Lawton says he regrets his time spent in prison, because he missed out on seeing his children grow upwardly; his grandmother died, and his father became afflicted with Alzheimer'south disease while he was within.[28]

Post-release [edit]

Reality Check program [edit]

Afterward release he went to Palm Bay, Florida and started LL Enquiry and Consulting and met a business organization partner.[10] He also founded the Reality Check program which aims to evidence teens the consequences of a criminal life.[29] [13] The programme is 4 hours long.[26] Lawton does non hold a caste in child psychology or criminology.[10] High school students can use the time spent in the program towards the 75 hours of community service required for the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.[25]

Police enforcement officials and judges have supported the programme.[30] In 2009, the Brevard County Sheriff's Part spent $4500 on 500 DVDs from the Reality Check program.[31] The DVDs contained condensed versions of Lawton'southward program and were 67 minutes long. In 2009 the Rockledge Florida law used the DVDs as part of a community policing project with the money to purchase the DVDs procured through asset forfeiture.[32] Past 2010, Lawton had shipped 10,000 DVDs across the land.[28] In 2013, Lawton was fabricated an honorary law officer by the Lake St. Louis, Missouri Police Department due to his work later prison house.[30] [33] He was the first ex-con to e'er go an honorary police officer.[30] The Lake St. Louis constabulary master praised Larry's message about the consequences of going to prison and said it is not a scared direct plan, noting that Lawton said "fear doesn't have a lasting impact."[33] Lawton and the police primary afterwards appeared before U.s.a. Congress in recognition of the program.[23] [34]

All the same, the superintendent of student services at Brevard Public Schools declined to use the programme, and questioned its effectiveness, challenge that "[w]hile the program is well-organized and well-intentioned, it does not follow the scientific evidence-based research guidelines."[10]

Lawton also founded the Reality Check Foundation, which is a 501(C)(3) charity that includes a mentoring program, and an annual golf outing.[35] [36] It as well hosts an annual bowling tournament.[37]

Other [edit]

Lawton is an advocate for prisoners and their rights, and comments on the justice system.[38] [5] [9] In 2013, the Brevard County Jail re-introduced concatenation gangs as a pilot project with the goal of deterring offense. Lawton was critical of the move, saying that "[c]hain gangs transport a bad message near [the United states]." Instead he proposed a better use of police force enforcement resources would be to "help inmates with drug addiction."[2] He was critical of Brevard Canton stopping letters to inmates in 2013. He said that some of the recipients could be innocent.[39] Other issues he is concerned with include prison atmospheric condition likewise as post-release debt loads and their influence on unemployed ex-convicts.[forty] Lawton has also shown concern over the prevalence of fentanyl-laced heroin, noting that in the past dealers had tried to sell pure heroin without any additives.[41]

In 2017, he appeared in a heart school in Havelock, North Carolina to explain his prison house experiences. His appearance was part of the Drug Abuse Resistance Educational activity program.[42] [13]

Lawton has made many media appearances. He has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Christian Broadcasting Network, and Fox News.[28] Often he appears discussing crimes in the media every bit an proficient on robberies.[6] [11] In 2010, Lawton filmed the pilot and sizzle reel for Lawton'due south Law, a reality bear witness based on his work with at-hazard youth.[43] He likewise hosted a local talk radio bear witness.[10] In 2012, Lawton cocky-published Gangster Redemption, an autobiography co-written with Peter Golenbock.[8] [ix] The 367-page volume covers his early life, his string of crimes, and his post-release career.[8]

In 2019, he made a video with Vanity Fair where he analyzed fictional robberies from films such as The Italian Job and Oestrus.[44] Lawton has a YouTube channel, and he has made videos analyzing heists in movies and video games such as M Theft Auto V; he also plays Prison Architect.[44] [45]

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Further reading [edit]

  • Lawton, Larry; Golenbock, Peter (2012). Gangster Redemption: How America's Nearly Notorious Jewel Robber Got Rich, Got Caught, and Got His Life Back on Track. New York: LL Enquiry & Consulting. ISBN978-0985408206.

External links [edit]

  • Reality Bank check Program Official Website
  • The Redeemed: Larry Lawton - A&E
  • Former Jewel Thief Reviews Famous Heist Movies, From 'Ocean's Xi' to 'Heat' - Vanity Fair
  • Posey Presents Reality Check Community Champion Honor to Thomas Reed of Rockledge - Congressman Neb Posey

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