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In 2008, the New York Giants stunned the New England Patriots, beating them 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII to ruin the Pats’ perfect season attempt. It was the first in a pair of heartbreaking Super Bowl losses to Eli Manning for Tom Brady and company. New England fans didn’t take it well.
Patriots fan Sean Murphy and accomplice really didn’t take it well and wanted to rewrite history a bit. So they stole 27 of the Giant’s championship rings, claiming that the team didn’t deserve them.
According to Zeke Faux, Murphy, a “cat burglar” from Bloomberg, read in an article that the giant’s Super Bowl rings were made at EA Dion Inc., a Rhode Island jewelry store. He then decided that he would start tearing them off.
Bloomberg set the scene saying, “Inside the building, Murphy and his boyfriend found gold rings, gold necklaces, gold plaques, boxes of gold pearls and drawers full of gold molten. and pushed him through the loading dock onto their 24-foot van truck. Murphy was sweeping the dust off the workstations when his accomplice came out of an office, his hands sparkling with diamonds. “
He continued:
“There was a Super Bowl ring engraved with” Strahan “and a few others that read” Manning “. By the time Murphy finished loading the truck, he had over $ 2 million in gold and jewelry and more of two dozen Super Bowl rings. “Fk ’em,” he thought. “”
The Giants have said the rings are for staff, not players, but Murphy says he still has rings, including one for Michael Strahan.
Murphy was finally caught after his ex-girlfriend, to whom he gave one of the rings, explained to investigators the various crimes he had committed. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in January 2009 for another crime. This was then reduced to 13 years
Murphy wants to end the life of the crime, but says that when he gets out of jail, he will likely wear one of the rings he stole on occasion.
“There are a lot of ways to make legitimate money out there. I’m just going to keep my hand out of the illegal cookie jar now,” he told Bloomberg.
