{"id":117783,"date":"2021-09-23T06:54:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T10:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=117783"},"modified":"2021-09-23T07:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T11:28:40","slug":"stolen-valor-by-super-bowl-ring-thief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=117783","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Valor by Super Bowl Ring Thief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sean Murphy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sean Murphy was picked up outside a Swampscott supermarket posing as a veteran and now faces charges of stolen valor.<\/p>\n

SUPER BOWL RING THIEF POSES AS VETERAN AT SWAMPSCOTT SUPERMARKET<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SWAMPSCOTT \u2014 Police are seeking charges against Sean Murphy, of Lynn, for larceny by false pretense and violating the Stolen Valor Act after he was found posing as a military veteran and asking for money outside of Whole Foods in Vinnin Square last week.<\/p>\n

Swampscott Police received a call from a Navy veteran and former corrections officer, who said he wanted to help out Murphy, whom he believed to be a veteran. The Navy veteran quickly realized after speaking with Murphy that he was a former inmate whom he once supervised and had never served.<\/p>\n

Murphy, 57, is a self-proclaimed \u201cmaster thief\u201d who spent more than 10 years in prison for stealing a collection of championship rings from the E.A. Dion Inc. manufacturing plant in Attleboro. Murphy stole the rings after the New York Giants won the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots in 2007.<\/p>\n

Murphy stole $2 million worth of gold and jewelry and more than a dozen rings, including one he claimed belonged to Michael Strahan.<\/p>\n

He gave one of the rings to a former girlfriend, an act that ultimately led to his home being raided by police in 2009.<\/p>\n

He was also arrested for the robbery of a Brinks facility in Columbus, Ohio in 2009.<\/p>\n

Murphy recently completed his jail time for these offenses, and is currently on probation.<\/p>\n

During his time at Whole Foods last week, where he posed as a veteran, Murphy was wearing camo shorts, a green Marine Corps T-shirt, a camo hat with two Marine Corps pins, and one Marine Corps veteran pin, according to Swampscott Police Officer J. Cassidy Jr., who reported to the scene.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Murphy initially made a name for himself as a thief by stealing Super Bowl rings intended for the New York Giants after beating the New England Patriots – Murphy’s team.\u00a0 When asked about it, Murphy reportedly said “Fuck ’em.\u00a0 They don’t deserve them.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Other references to the Super Bowl ring theft can be found here:<\/p>\n