It was just funny because weve been in a lot of places that theyve been, Eric says. Forensically examining Instagram accounts, interviews, and police reports, author Kathleen Hale reconstructs their relationship, and ultimately Petitos murder. I want to say living that kind of lifethe country clubs, sitting in a classroom and listening to two girls argue about turning down a BMW S.U.V. part of a series on Honesty Chas backs up [the van] and almost hits the woman as Eric comes around to the door. He focused above all on painting, gaining admission into a prestigious Lexington arts program. Like if we ever get caught, we're talking about international issues, way past interstate commerce or whatever the hell it is.. All rights reserved. In high school, Warren, a lanky six-footer with a mop of brown hair, was a popular jock and a class clown who delighted his classmates by bear-hugging his nemesis, the dean of students, at graduation. The two men followed the librarian into the Rare Book Room, and John closed the door behind them. We told B.J. We figured, All right, well, now we just got what we thought would be impossible . The severity of the requested sentences was predicated on the dual propositions that, although the Audubon volumes had never been physically removed from the library, according to the letter of the law they were nonetheless stolenincreasing the monetary value of the crimeand that the Black Cobra Stun Pen used to subdue B. J. Gooch not only inflicted physical harm but was in actuality a dangerous weapon. Worse still for the defendants, B. J. Goochs ordeal had become a cause clbre among librarians, many of whom wrote letters to the judge arguing against leniency. Inside were the books, wrapped in sheets and pillowcases. So we go back to the guy in Lexington and we say, Listen, we want to go somewhere, we want to go out of the country, and we need documentation, Warren explains. Frightened and alone in an unfriendly neighborhood and weighed down with priceless books, Warren and Eric barreled down the street, frantically trying to hail a police cruiser to rescue them. The other two would wait around the block in the S.U.V. More important, the basement was secluded. A witness had written down a license-plate number, but it was way off. He was just so unbearable. Having told their parents that they were going on a ski trip to West Virginia, that weekend they loaded the loot into Eric's Ford Explorer and took off on the 12-hour drive to New York for their Christie's appointment. So we would see parts like that and we would be Oh, this is just like us. Little did the three know that F.B.I. Even if they did steal the books, for example, how would they ever sell them? As she was heading toward a display case, Gooch felt a tingling on her right arm and collapsed to the floor. All these girls I could draw better than when I was in sixth grade.. Spencer was born in 1984 in Lexington Kentucky. Among the prisoners are three of the four unlikely masterminds behind the Transy Book Heist: Warren Lipka, Spencer Reinhard, and Eric Borsuk. They said that this set, Birds of America, sold for $12 million. I said, Twelve million dollars, just sitting there? agents poured in over the wreckage. Cops entered the basement, a dank pit reeking of marijuana, and found Warren sprawled out on a mattress. By signing up you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. One evening it occurred to Spencer that they had used the Walter Beckman Yahoo account to contact both Christie's and Gooch. Warren made an appraisal appointment at Christies in New York for Walter Beckman, a pseudonym inspired by the soccer star David Beckham. Only by committing a felony could they ensure that they would never end up living back in the sterile, suburban world of the subdivisions. 's all-time most significant art-theft cases. The meeting lasted no more than 15 minutes, but still, it was a turning point because the men explained to Warren a crucial step of selling rare books, stolen or otherwise: appraisal by a legitimate auction house. He scored a joint before checking into a hole-in-the-wall and falling asleep. Spencer continued with his heavy schedule of classes, studying, painting, and working out, while Warren returned full-time to U.K. With the pressure mounting, however, Warren was caught shoplifting a TV dinner from a local supermarket, Eric was arrested and charged with D.U.I.police pulled him over not only for running red lights but also because Warren was on top of the car, hanging on to the roof rackand Spencer crashed his Acura Legend. He was still enrolled, but only nominally, and remained on the fringes of campus life. Warren and Chas go up to the Rare Book Room, on the third floor, and Warren brings Gooch down hard and fast with a stun gun, making her a non-factor throughout the operation. Warren and Chas then let Eric in and they begin wrapping the Audubons in bedsheets and put any smaller books in backpacks. (Through his attorney, Allen declined to be interviewed.) Theyre all slim and dressed identically in cheap sneakers and a khaki uniform emblazoned with their incarceration numbers, and all have hair down to their shoulders. He loved that it had been made the screen saver on the F.B.I.s computers. He thought he was much better than everybody else, and he got to the point where he wasn't like us. As a child he drew and painted and his abilities led him to consider a career as an artist whilst at High School. Thats what we were doing, kind of living this little Matchstick Men, college kind of life.. Us three, we were much thicker than he was.) And what Chas likely didn't know was that, for Warren, Eric, and Spencer, the actual appraisal and sale of the stolen books had become irrelevant to the mission. In a duffel bag by his bed an F.B.I. The minimum-security Federal Correctional Institution in Ashland, Kentucky, 125 miles from Lexington, houses approximately 1,200 inmates in multi-story cellblocks encircled by concentric layers of razor-topped fencing and fortified guard towers. In between soccer practice, classes, painting, and studying, Spencer drew detailed sketches of the inside of the Special Collections Library and the adjacent Rare Book Room, making several appointments with the Special Collections librarian, Betty Jean Gooch, to scout the premises. The meeting was scheduled for the next morning on the southern edge of Central Park near the Plaza Hotel. He was also less cordial and more agitated in person, asking Gooch soon after arriving if he could invite a friend along to see the books. 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By far the most common theory was that the heist had been just a frat prank that spun way out of control. Sign up for The Gleaners morning and evening newsletters. During a meeting in the basement, Warren convinced the other two that they were going to need a fourth, principally to help haul the nearly 250 pounds in Audubon folios out of the library. Who do we trust?. Waiting for the law to snatch them was nerve-racking, but they went on with their lives as if nothing had been amiss. Remembering Distinguished Jamaicans Cabinet ministers of 1955 and 1959, Tricia Nicholas makes a mark in corporate governance , Brazil reckons with artistic treasures ruined in riot, A reporter at a dying paper solves a serial murder, ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and collapse of creative process, Set goals and appropriate their manifestation, Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt, Heres how your cup of coffee contributes to climate change, Digital Archives: Online editions 2006-Now. But before long they were put to chase once again, this time by two local thugs. Ink transfer refers to my unique process of removing the ink from magazine pages and suspending it in layers of gel medium. Gooch agreed to reschedule for 11 the next morning. Among them was the 2002 photo from the Lexington Herald-Leader of Spencer and Warren playing soccer. In a duffel bag by his bed an F.B.I. We had a few pitchers, feeling each other out. Late one Thursday afternoon in mid-February, the two friends bought a bag of weed and drove the 700 miles to Manhattan in Spencers Acura Legend. I was born in Lexington, Kentucky and was raised by my wonderful parents in what was a largely carefree and happy childhood. The others spent time in the library, too, taking notes on staff routines and viable escape routes. This story was recently documented in the feature film American Animals. Several weeks before Spencer was approached by Warren about the fake-ID business, he had been on a freshman-orientation tour of Transy, including the library and its exceptional collection of rare books and manuscripts. Oh, yeah, he almost got shot, says Eric, laughing. The crew arrived in New York City early Sunday morning. A few minutes later, a short, dark-haired young man, also dressed in a winter coat, cap, and gloves, entered the library. They said that this set, Birds of America, sold for $12 million. I said, Twelve million dollars, just sitting there? Because no one would go to Christie's with stolen books to get them appraisedthat's how we did a lot of stuff, like, we would smoke weed directly under the [security] camera on the Transy campus, park a car right underneath it and then smoke for like an hour. I cant really get into too much specifics, Eric says, but we were doing all kinds of little scams: making fake IDs, making little things here and there. Mr. Beckman now wanted these books appraised. Spencer called himself Mr. Stephens. Get the latest chatter, from Kensington Palace and beyond, straight to your inbox. Once safely back in Lexington, the two created a Yahoo account and sent off the e-mail in which they claimed to have unspecified rare books in their possession, using the name Terry, as instructed. In early 2006, they began serving their sentences in federal prison, with no possibility for parole. The L.P.D. Spencer, meanwhile, was accepted to Transylvania on an arts scholarship, his sights firmly set on a career in graphic design. ). Warren jumped at the opportunity and recruited another adrift freshman, his old high-school soccer teammate Eric Borsuk, as a partner. This is my first time on the island, any island for that matter, he said. His malaise was likely exacerbated by his parents impending divorce amid his mothers allegations that his father, Big Warren, the celebrated coach of the universitys womens soccer team, had gambled the family into bankruptcy. Again, Warren thought otherwise. They climbed onto dorm roofs, where theyd stake out the library for hours at a time, marking down the comings and goings of teachers, students, and security personnel. You know, most people look at that painting as if it was a plan destined to fail, but at the same time, we were planning to fail., In a few years we'll be released. Calculated, mathematical, loose, painterly, spontaneous, 2021 Spencer Reinhard all rights reserved, Please send me the price list, I am interested in purchasing an original Reinhard. I was kind of skeptical, continues Spencer, but the way I rationalized it was: its the biggest auction house. They also did considerable research on the Internet, using such key terms as auction house appraisals, stun guns, and Swiss bank accounts. For inspiration, they watched heist movies like Oceans 11 and Snatch. They got security around that? Nonchalantly, very nonchalantly, I mean, just kind of shooting it between us. Afterward, Warren and Spencer briefed the others, and the four went to lunch, where, the boys say, Chas insisted they spend another night in New York and attempt to see Mr. Leckey the next day. Though they attended different high schools, both were varsity captains, and both made all-state. He took a cab to Dam Square, an old hippie hangout in the center of the city he had read about on the Internet. Dressed for success in a tailored dark-blue suit his parents had bought for special occasions and future job interviews, Warren cultivated the young-conservative look, using a Windsor knot on his red tie and giving his wing tips a last-minute buff. That night they had dinner at a Japanese restaurant, followed by drinks at the hotel bar, where Warren chummed up to an Iraq veteran, Spencer almost started a brawl after knocking a table full of drinks over, and Eric picked up a middle-aged Brazilian tourist. It was very punishing, that first couple of months in college. . I still feel like I have a long way to go to reach my full potential, and I think Jamaica will be an integral step in that direction., American visual artist Spencer Reinhard, an artist-in-residence at Blue Macaw in Boscobel, St. Mary, The ornithologist in Spencer Reinhard takes gaze. After a quick powwow in the stacks, the conspirators decided to abort the mission for the time being and retreated to the bungalow. Warren, under an alias, would make an appointment with Gooch for that afternoon to view the books they wanted to steal. In early 2006, they began serving their sentences in federal prison, with no possibility for parole. But even at that point, it became apparent that Warren and Spencer wouldn't be able to pull it off alone. It had some tennis trivia in there that I wasn't expecting.. It had some tennis trivia in there that I wasnt expecting.. In the early evening, they say they smoked some celebratory Kentucky Bluegrass weed they had stashed away for the occasion. Artistically, it offered me the freedom to make the work I wanted to make without concern for my audience. The next morning, all nerves, he left for the meeting site, a caf within walking distance. Far from being social outcasts, they had been popular athletes, and two were on some form of college scholarship. American Animals brings to the silver screen the story of the Transy Book Heist of 2004, where four students tried to steal $12 million worth of arts and books from the Special Collections Library . And so I see Warren go back. They jump in the van and peel out around the loop.. Before rendering her decision, the judge made preliminary findings that each of the boys was equally culpable, that the value of the books stolen would include only those physically removed from the building, and although Gooch suffered no bodily injury, the stun pen was in fact a dangerous weapon. He loved that it had been made the screen saver on the F.B.I. Warren called Gooch back to change Walter Beckman's appointment to three P.M. On the morning of December 16, Warren's carefully scripted plan began to unravel almost immediately. It'll show up on your profile and if approved, on this page. And that's when I came up. I took my zip ties and I put them around her feet and put them around her arms. It was about at that point that Gooch remembers Warren saying, Quit struggling, B.J., or do you want to feel more pain?. Spencer drives me out to Lexington [Blue Grass Airport] on a Friday. LET'S START WITH 10 DAYS OF . She agreed. Chas promised to return to pick them up in another car after dropping the minivan off at his mom's house. I had so few distractions to take me away from my work, and only by bettering myself could escape the belief that I was losing my best years. Warren and Eric got out of the G.T.A.V. It immediately had kind of sparked my imagination, like a fantasy., O.K., so we're sitting in the car, smoking weed, Warren recalls, and then Spencer said, I just took a tour in that library, and there's shit sitting there you wouldn't believe. An American Animals coloring book, as well as original drawings Skip to content Spencer Reinhard Home After Audubon Prison Period Abstract Abstract color series Post prison Abstract About Shop Commissions Contact Menu Home After Audubon Prison Period Wearing a heavy coat, gloves, and a wool cap, Beckman signed the visitors' log. She also said that she was so suspicious and put off by the young mens youth and demeanor that she had recommended to her boss that they not pursue the business. Still shaken from her ordeal, Gooch, in her 50s, told police that shortly after entering the Rare Book Room with the two men she had been struck on the arm with a Taserlike weapon, her hands and feet were bound with zip ties, and a wool cap was pulled over her eyes. The thieves left no fingerprints behind, and there were almost no witnesses. He covered his tracks by using public phones and campus computers. Warren went up to the third floor to meet Gooch, while Eric waited downstairs for him to call. He was whisked into a squad car. Chas promised to return to pick them up in another car after dropping the minivan off at his moms house. I guess when we did that she went upstairs to check on B.J.. If we got away with it, we'd be in Europe living this crazy life thinking we were Ocean's 11 types. Eric had propped the folios on the steps with his foot when the librarian appeared at the top of the stairs, beside herself with rage after finding Gooch hog-tied in the Rare Book Room. 5 The British Bank Robber Foiled By His Own Handwriting. At 11 the next morning, Chas slipped the G.T.A.V. The first call went out to the National Crime Information Center, alerting law enforcement to be on the lookout for a gray minivan with temporary plates, the description of a vehicle seen screeching away from the library. We spoke about his paintings, especially A Plan to Fail. Spencer gives me 500 bucks, in my pocket. The three then take the staff-only elevator down to the bottom floor and escape out the west fire exit. and Lexington police put the pair under surveillance. Jamaica has been great so far. Now the hard partwe have to steal them. I was nervous. And I pledged a fraternity, but I really didn't get into that too much. If we go in there theyre not going to suspect that we stole these. After the Halloran interview the F.B.I. agent discovered the stolen books, all undamaged, as well as the five-page typed plan for the heist, an accounting ledger, wigs, instructions for opening a Swiss bank account, and stun guns, which had apparently arrived after the robbery. Bam. Fuck Biden, Dont Tread on Me, and a Wisconsin Death Trip for Our Times. I was surprised he didn't.. Spencer Reinhard and Warren Lipka had grown up together in adjacent subdivisions on Lexingtons south sidefully planned residential tracts wedged in between the city and the gradually receding horse country that rings it. Spencer continued with his heavy schedule of classes, studying, painting, and working out, while Warren returned full-time to U.K. With the pressure mounting, however, Warren was caught shoplifting a TV dinner from a local supermarket, Eric was arrested and charged with D.U.I.police pulled him over not only for running red lights but also because Warren was on top of the car, hanging on to the roof rackand Spencer crashed his Acura Legend. When Warren arrived, he saw a man fitting that description seated with three other men. See, we have no choice now but to create something new, someplace else. He added: Its always nice to be with people that are familiar with the area, and Ive been made to feel very welcome. "It's often considered a mistake in the art world to have multiple styles, but I have to go wherever my inspiration takes me. He looked like he was dressed from a thrift store, Halloran told the agents. The take could be more than $5 million. Warren called me one night and hes like, We need to get together. Built over old tobacco fields in the 80s, they feature ponds with fountains, cookie-cutter brick Colonial houses, street names like Ironbridge Drive and Turnberry Lane, and regulations authorizing penalties for unkempt yards and tacky lawn Santas. Even if we wanted to, they won't let us. We can do a license, but now we need a passport. So he says, Come see me in a couple of days or a week, but I need money, $2,500. All right, you know, just another thing, O.K., 2,500 bucks. At only $200 a month, the price was right, as Warren was broke after having shut down his and Spencer's fake-ID business and dropping out of U.K. for the semester to focus full-time on the heist. In the morning, Warren says, he left two messages with Leckey's secretary and two more that afternoon. Buried in the files was a series of e-mails to Christie's in New York. It was definitely a terrifying thing. Cops entered the basement, a dank pit reeking of marijuana, and found Warren sprawled out on a mattress. After a short wait, a young Christies employee, Melanie Halloran, came out to apologize, as Mr. Leckey, due to an impending public auction, would be unable to see them. To have time to properly apply the disguises, he tried to reschedule his art-history final for later in the day on the 16th, but was unsuccessful. None the less, still super stoked Lex Art League accepted 3 of my artworks. At 11 the next morning, Chas slipped the G.T.A.V. They jump in the van and peel out around the loop.. Now we can't ever go back there. He's probably thinking I blamed him for [stealing] the money, which I never really did. Phase 3 is the escape, which involves switching the G.T.A.V. They got security around that? Nonchalantly, very nonchalantly, I mean, just kind of shooting it between us. Like, they were doing something serious, talking about the heist, going over the plan, and somebody would make a joke. They stopped talking entirely and disbanded. See also Yet he did allow and encourage the interpretation of his art as an abrogation of space and time and, above all, history. His clumsy attempt to clear his name, in a no-holds-barred interview with BBC, Gabby Petitos Life WithAnd Death ByBrian Laundrie. Copyright 2023 The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited. He was also less cordial and more agitated in person, asking Gooch soon after arriving if he could invite a friend along to see the books. The set was one of fewer than 200 produced. as we left we were going to make an anonymous phone call so they knew she was up here, Eric continues. In their senior year the two became local celebrities after a dramatic photo appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader showing Lexington Catholic star goalkeeper Lipka and Tates Creek forward Reinhard battling midair during a playoff game. into a perfect parking space and watched as Eric and Warren entered the library. Eric rented a proper bedroom upstairs, while Spencer moved back into the dorms at Transylvania. All four were brought to Lexington police headquarters and individually interrogated by F.B.I. Warren had run up the side of the hill and frantically ran off. I never intended to paint them and I resisted the idea but in the end I couldn't help but indulge the irony. Writing from walter.beckman@yahoo.com, Warren sent B. J. Gooch an e-mail confirming Beckmans December 16 appointment at the Rare Book Room to view the Audubons and a few other items. It immediately had kind of sparked my imagination, like a fantasy., O.K., so were sitting in the car, smoking weed, Warren recalls, and then Spencer said, I just took a tour in that library, and theres shit sitting there you wouldnt believe. For footwear he went with clean white sneakers. Over the phone and by e-mail, Beckman had asked to view, among other items, a first edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species and four double-size folios of John James Audubon's Birds of America. In fact, wedged in their backpacks was nearly three-quarters of a million dollars worth of books and manuscripts: an 1859 first edition of Charles Darwins On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ($25,000), an illuminated manuscript from 1425 ($200,000), a set of the two-volume 15th-century horticultural masterpiece entitled Hortus Sanitatis ($450,000), 20 original Audubon pencil drawings ($50,000), and Audubons A Synopsis of the Birds of North America ($10,000). Warren sectioned off a bedroom by hanging bedsheets from the rafters and furnished it with an old mattress and a tangerine easy chair he had picked up from Goodwill. By one o'clock that afternoon, the 227-year-old liberal-arts college was swarming with campus police, uniformed Lexington Police, plainclothes detectives, and forensic teams, as well as local news. Thanks for the on my post. When they arrived on campus in the replacement G.T.A.V., they couldn't find a parking space anywhere near the library. A uniformed doorman cheerily welcomed both boys into the lobby, where they informed reception that they were there for Mr. Walter Beckman's appointment with Thomas Leckey, Christie's rare-book specialist. Id heard about them before, but I didnt know anything about them. . With a long, thin face and bleached-blond hair and sideburns, he appeared younger than Gooch had expected. They tried to come up with some link the cops could make between them and the theft, but they couldn't. computers in the Lexington field office. Jean Smarts Career Timeline: I Dont Take Any of It for Granted, Donald Trump Calls E. Jean Carroll Rape Lawsuit a Hoax And A Lie; Judge Rules Suit Can Proceed, The former president continues to deny knowing the writer, calling her mentally sick., James Marsden Is Still Hoping for a Happy Ending for Canceled, Jeremy Renner Shares Selfie from Hospital Bed After Snow Plow Accident. All these girls I could draw better than when I was in sixth grade.. Bam. They stuffed some of the smaller books Gooch had pulled out for them into their backpacks. Im expecting when I get up there its going to be taken care of and Im just going to start lifting books. Spencers journey as an aspiring artist may at first appear wholly inimical to achieving that end, though significantly the challenges he faced are far from unique to most aspiring artists. Ezra Millers Messiah Delusions: Inside. We werent, like, hardened criminals, so we kind of had to really put up a front. Warren deepens his voice: How ya doing? That kind of stuff. After an awkward back-and-forth, Warren finally handed the man the $500. Suddenly without Erics mock-ups, software, and equipment, Warren thought of Spencer. The severity of the requested sentences was predicated on the dual propositions that, although the Audubon volumes had never been physically removed from the library, according to the letter of the law they were nonetheless stolenincreasing the monetary value of the crimeand that the Black Cobra Stun Pen used to subdue B. J. Gooch not only inflicted physical harm but was in actuality a dangerous weapon. Worse still for the defendants, B. J. Gooch's ordeal had become a cause clbre among librarians, many of whom wrote letters to the judge arguing against leniency. Opposite him there is another young man, fully fleshed and with a neat haircut, resting in a chair, staring into space. Warren was like, Ive talked to these guys. The first call went out to the National Crime Information Center, alerting law enforcement to be on the lookout for a gray minivan with temporary plates, the description of a vehicle seen screeching away from the library. What becomes apparent, as first faintly and then irreversibly, is the painting as a negative apotheosis of color and form, which Reinhardt defended himself against. The meeting ended after 30 minutes, and Ms. Halloran escorted the two out, assuring them that shed be in touch after conferring with her superiors on the best way forward. A member of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group. In fact, they all tell me that as the planning picked up in the months before the heist, the three of them came to believe that it was their best and perhaps last chance to create a viable life for themselves after college. 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