And one thing led to another and we were just like, Let's put this behind us. And once we get past all of that, we started talking about this plan that he and Spencer have. Once the boys were inside the library, students stared at the ridiculous old-man disguises. Warren made an appraisal appointment at Christie's in New York for Walter Beckman, a pseudonym inspired by the soccer star David Beckham. 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 well be released. As they ran, they stumbled again into Chas, who had returned in another car as promised, just in time to save them and drive Eric to U.K. for his tennis-class exam. In a duffel bag by his bed an F.B.I. 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. In the case of 67-year-old Alan Slattery of the U.K., it prevented a robbery from even happening. I'd heard about them before, but I didn't know anything about them. Now we cant ever go back there. The press invariably described them as good boys from good familiesupper-middle-class kids afforded every opportunity, the ones with the most to lose. I never intended to paint them and I resisted the idea but in the end I couldnt help but indulge the irony. After a quick powwow in the stacks, the conspirators decided to abort the mission for the time being and retreated to the bungalow. After a brief discussion they chose Chas Allen, a handsome, clean-cut U.K. business major who had started the lawn-care company with Eric the previous summer. Faced with overwhelming evidence, they all eventually confessed. After several phone calls Warren managed to arrange a meeting in New York. Around Halloween, Warren drafted a working plan, which he presented to the other three in the basement. I wouldnt trade it for anything., Looking ahead, the artist divulged that he is due to have a show next year in Los Angeles and has much to produce. And one thing led to another and we were just like, Lets put this behind us. And once we get past all of that, we started talking about this plan that he and Spencer have. That was the point all along. Waiting for the law to snatch them was nerve-racking, but they went on with their lives as if nothing had been amiss. They simply ignored him, and the four returned to Lexington. Writing from walter.beckman@yahoo.com, Warren sent B. J. Gooch an e-mail confirming Beckman's December 16 appointment at the Rare Book Room to view the Audubons and a few other items. 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. The others spent time in the library, too, taking notes on staff routines and viable escape routes. He was told to look for a bearded, heavyset man in a solid-blue sweater. Fuck Biden, Dont Tread on Me, and a Wisconsin Death Trip for Our Times. It was the sense of redemption that I hadnt anticipated. That night Chas snapped, they say, fearing the Christies book appraisalthe Jesus bolt holding Warrens entire heist plan togetherwas in danger of falling through. For added anonymity, Warren bleached his hair blond that night. Buried in the files was a series of e-mails to Christies in New York. 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. Spencer had underestimated his friends resolve. The boys readily agreed, and she escorted them through the offices to a small conference room. Just days before their arrests the three even took in a movie: Oceans 12. 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. So we get the passport from the dude, plane tickets. She described one of the young men as about six feet tall, with bleached-blond hair, well dressed in a nice suit, and very talkative. Only cannabis-smoking goalkeeper Warren Lipka . 2023 Cond Nast. Behind the main building and through three blastproof security doors is the prison visitors room, where I meet separately with Likpa, Reinhard, and Borsuk for a series of interviews almost a year into their sentence. as we left we were going to make an anonymous phone call so they knew she was up here, Eric continues. Though they attended different high schools, both were varsity captains, and both made all-state. But before long they were put to chase once again, this time by two local thugs. Two weeks into his stay, Reinhard, an ardent ornithologist, whose works draw inspiration from late Dutch-American abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning, feels that his greatest artistic asset is his versatility. Oh, yeah, he almost got shot, says Eric, laughing. Only by committing a felony could they ensure that they would never end up living back in the sterile, suburban world of the subdivisions. Among them was the 2002 photo from the Lexington Herald-Leader of Spencer and Warren playing soccer. Over the phone and by e-mail, Beckman had asked to view, among other items, a first edition of Charles Darwins On the Origin of Species and four double-size folios of John James Audubons Birds of America. The set was one of fewer than 200 produced. By signing up you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. 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. He was visibly unnerved, Warren remembers. Whilst Spencers life path may have been unorthodox at times one can only but admire what it has led him to. In the weeks following the book heist, law enforcement followed leads at Transy and reviewed countless hours of security footage from the U.K. computer lab, to which a police technician had traced the e-mail from Walter Beckman to Gooch. Chas turned the G.T.A.V. They got security around that? Nonchalantly, very nonchalantly, I mean, just kind of shooting it between us. All four, now 22, children of privilege, products of elite Lexington high schools, are serving seven-year sentences for their parts in the crime. 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). Now we can't ever go back there. All rights reserved. Undeterred, Warren introduced himself as Terry, firmly shaking hands before sitting down. (Throughout the interviews with the three, it became clear that Chas was the odd man out among the group. 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Two months later, amid a local media frenzy, the four formally pleaded guilty to all six federal charges, including theft of cultural artifacts from a public museum and interstate transportation of stolen property. Warren and Chas left the other two and staggered to the nearby China Club, a tacky West Side nightclub, which they knew about from the famous Rick James episode of Chappelles Show. But even at that point, it became apparent that Warren and Spencer wouldnt be able to pull it off alone. That night Chas snapped, they say, fearing the Christie's book appraisalthe Jesus bolt holding Warren's entire heist plan togetherwas in danger of falling through. One evening it occurred to Spencer that they had used the Walter Beckman Yahoo account to contact both Christies and Gooch. Warren was already busily working out the problem, returning for advice to his underworld contact: What if we had some artwork that we wanted to sell? Warren remembers asking him. I get the call on the cell phone. All four were brought to Lexington police headquarters and individually interrogated by F.B.I. We need to just get over this stuff, Eric tells me, explaining how Warren re-entered his life after their falling-out the previous semester. The L.P.D. By signing up you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. 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. If you want to do something, you should figure out how you are going to do it. A 20-man task force of Lexington police and F.B.I. for a second vehicle at a secret location, which, according to Warren's plan, is used to transport team and loot to temporary resting place. After the heist, since it is certain that the stolen books will be entered into art-theft databases within a week, they have to get the books appraised at Christie's in New York immediately. into a perfect parking space and watched as Eric and Warren entered the library. Afterward, they returned to the Hilton for an early night. Failure to plan is planning to fail because if you don't plan anything, you might as well not plan at all. . I was nervous. Im not going to lie. 214 E Main StLexington, KY United States 40507, (Shift + Enter to play/pause. The thieves left no fingerprints behind, and there were almost no witnesses. 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. He thought he was much better than everybody else, and he got to the point where he wasnt like us. The F.B.I. "It's often considered a mistake in the art world to have multiple styles, but I have to go wherever my inspiration takes me. All four, now 22, children of privilege, products of elite Lexington high schools, are serving seven-year sentences for their parts in the crime. from an unsuspecting friend and got his hands on zip ties, a wool cap, electrician's tape, and bedsheets. 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. And then they came up with the issue of getting these appraised. They surveyed the offices of the campus police. 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. received two additional pieces of evidence from Christies: security-camera footage of the meeting and a cell-phone number the men had left behind. On the morning of December 17, 2004, Betty Jean Gooch, a librarian in the Special Collections Library at Transylvania University, in Lexington, Kentucky, was preparing for her 11 o'clock appointment with Walter Beckman, a man she had never met. As a child he drew and painted and his abilities led him to consider a career as an artist whilst at High School. Even if we wanted to, they won't let us. 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. still young, Warren says. Starting with a 1970s Pierre Cardin canary-yellow blazer that had belonged to his grandfather, he wore a dress shirt with an ostentatiously large collar and a gold silk scarf. The meeting was scheduled for the next morning on the southern edge of Central Park near the Plaza Hotel. In the weeks following the book heist, law enforcement followed leads at Transy and reviewed countless hours of security footage from the U.K. computer lab, to which a police technician had traced the e-mail from Walter Beckman to Gooch. Wedged in among the other houses on Beaumont Avenue, a quiet residential street near the U.K. campus, is a beaten-down yellow cinder-block bungalow, with two bedrooms on the second floor and two on the first. In all my art classes I was the only guyin with a bunch of girls who didnt have any idea what they wanted to do. He looked like he was dressed from a thrift store, Halloran told the agents. The investigation of the Transy Book Heist came to an explosive end on the morning of February 11, 2005, as a SWAT unit broke down the front door of the yellow bungalow with a battering ram, blasting stun grenades throughout the building. The other was short and quiet, wearing a yellow jacket two sizes too large and a matching scarf. When not at practice, Warren spent his time smoking pot, watching Comedy Central, and reading German philosophy. How the hell would we do this? And he said, I know a guy in New York.. They're 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. Now the hard partwe have to steal them. I was nervous. Photographed by Nan Goldin at the tender age of 19, just about to release his Tony Richardson film. The Kentucky Theatre 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. Leave a message. A Google search of Spencer Reinhard brought up numerous hits for soccer in the Lexington area. is parked in front of the library and the four are in 1st Position at bottom of stairs of library.. Once Warren had pulled the cap over Goochs eyes, the two laid a bedsheet on the ground and began piling on the seven Audubon folios they intended to steal (the four-volume Birds of America plus three volumes from another Audubon series). Ultimately, upon release, his art career has flourished. He topped off his new living quarters with the last of his worldly belongings: a large-screen television, a DVD player, and a Sony PlayStation. As they ran, they stumbled again into Chas, who had returned in another car as promised, just in time to save them and drive Eric to U.K. for his tennis-class exam. They checked into the Hilton Hotel in Midtown, Warren signing in under the nom de guerre Harry Ballsania name backed up with one of their fake Kentucky driver's licensesand paying in cash. In seeking to find a voice of ones own the obstacles are myriad, and often many succumb to the inevitable pressures of life and abandon their practice. Having told their parents that they were going on a ski trip to West Virginia, that weekend they loaded the loot into Erics Ford Explorer and took off on the 12-hour drive to New York for their Christies appointment. Thats what we were doing, kind of living this little Matchstick Men, college kind of life.. She offered to take his place. After a quick powwow in the stacks, the conspirators decided to abort the mission for the time being and retreated to the bungalow. Afterward, he was to call Eric up to haul the books in two trips to the G.T.A.V., which was to be driven by Chas. It was just funny because we've been in a lot of places that they've been, Eric says. (Because Spencer was a Transy student, he risked being recognized in the library.) because she wanted a new Range Rover, like, what? The two men followed the librarian into the Rare Book Room, and John closed the door behind them. Spencer was arrested in a simultaneous raid on his dorm room at Transy. It Was Catastrophic: Inside Prince Andrews Misguided Bid to Explain Away Epstein, In the wake of Jeffrey Epsteins arrest and apparent suicide, Prince Andrew moved from the fringe of a swirling underage-sex scandal toward its white-hot center. (Throughout the interviews with the three, it became clear that Chas was the odd man out among the group. Because their campuses were only a mile apart, they assumed they would stay close, but as with most freshmen, their assured identities and easy expectations muddied once they hit campus. is parked in front of the library and the four are in 1st Position at bottom of stairs of library.. With each taking one end of the Audubons, they made their way to the staff-only elevator. I get the call on the cell phone. Warren, under an alias, would make an appointment with Gooch for that afternoon to view the books they wanted to steal. Serving a seven-year prison sentence following his involvement in a notorious heist (portrayed in the film American Animals), Spencer Reinhard was committed to not losing "the best years of his life." He turned to his own art, determined to refine his craft and technique. 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. Because this is so much bigger than anything we've done before.. Wearing a heavy coat, gloves, and a wool cap, Beckman signed the visitors' log. Improvising on the plan, he kicked Eric and Warren out on the street, believing three men in a gray minivan would draw too much attention. Afterward, they returned to the Hilton for an early night. Shortly thereafter he was introduced to a Lexington Catholic alumnus who was making an easy living in identity theft. Seeing something in the wayward Warren, the preppy grifter pitched him the idea of selling fake Kentucky drivers licenses in the U.K. dorms. Eric rented a proper bedroom upstairs, while Spencer moved back into the dorms at Transylvania. From the facts that were available, it appeared that a team of four men, described as Caucasian, in their 20s, had stolen some of the most prized books and manuscripts in the university's collection, and attacked a librarian in the process. and local detectives. Having concluded that the next logical stage of his development was to study art in college he enrolled at Transylvania University in Kentucky. Spencer drives me out to Lexington [Blue Grass Airport] on a Friday. The banality of assessments, passing courses for the sake of progression and limited intellectual stimulation meant that Spencers time at university was far removed from his hoped for experience. The meeting initially hit a snag when Barry was put off by the boys' youth. 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. The contact, who identified himself only as Barry, stipulated that Warren had to bring $500 in good-faith money. Chas backs up [the van] and almost hits the woman as Eric comes around to the door. Four students stole priceless books from Transylvania University. Again, Warren thought otherwise. The Lexington Police Departments commercial-burglary squad was assigned to the case. By five P.M., Warrenas Beckmanwas back on the phone with Gooch explaining that he had missed his appointment because he had been out of town on business. The two boys sought cover from the cops in the sprawling grounds of the housing projects. 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. He looked like he was dressed from a thrift store, Halloran told the agents. For Spencer it all started with a series of mild disappointments. With each taking one end of the Audubons, they made their way to the staff-only elevator. 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 Though they attended different high schools, both were varsity captains, and both made all-state. agents poured in over the wreckage. But after stewing in the magnitude of the potential dollar amount involved, and once convinced of the ease of the heist, the logic of the appraisal, and the legitimacy of Warrens Amsterdam connections, they say, he threw his lot in with the others. He covered his tracks by using public phones and campus computers. Not what I expected, not what I wanted it to be, Warren says. Spencer, meanwhile, was accepted to Transylvania on an arts scholarship, his sights firmly set on a career in graphic design. 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. Once Warren had pulled the cap over Gooch's eyes, the two laid a bedsheet on the ground and began piling on the seven Audubon folios they intended to steal (the four-volume Birds of America plus three volumes from another Audubon series). Starting with a 1970s Pierre Cardin canary-yellow blazer that had belonged to his grandfather, he wore a dress shirt with an ostentatiously large collar and a gold silk scarf. Jamaica has been great so far. (Having seen their fair share of heist movies, they knew how dangerous it was to leave a paper trail.) What they would tell me, then, is their version of eventsand the only complete account of the planning, execution, and aftermath of the heist. In a duffel bag by his bed an F.B.I. Eric rented a proper bedroom upstairs, while Spencer moved back into the dorms at Transylvania. The three then take the staff-only elevator down to the bottom floor and escape out the west fire exit. Once the boys were inside the library, students stared at the ridiculous old-man disguises. In terms of the dollar amount involved and the extraordinary circumstances, the theft was one of the most significant in its history. The meeting was scheduled for the next morning on the southern edge of Central Park near the Plaza Hotel. Hosted by This story was recently documented in the feature film American Animals. Opposite him there is another young man, fully fleshed and with a neat haircut, resting in a chair, staring into space. The partnership flourished, with Warren as the face of the operation and Eric in charge of ID production, until the two had an argument over $2,000 that went missing from Erics drawer. So I kind of go, That would be pretty crazy, wouldn't it? He said, Yeah, that would be kind of crazy. I then said, You know, why don't you look into it more and we'll go from there? Just like very unofficial.. Lifting a technique straight from the film Reservoir Dogs, Warren assigned code names based on color. His malaise was likely exacerbated by his parents' impending divorce amid his mother's allegations that his father, Big Warren, the celebrated coach of the university's women's soccer team, had gambled the family into bankruptcy. Cops entered the basement, a dank pit reeking of marijuana, and found Warren sprawled out on a mattress. Get the latest chatter, from Kensington Palace and beyond, straight to your inbox. 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. Shift + Tab to replay. Spencer, feeling increasingly disaffected with school life himself, readily accepted the offer. 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. It was just funny because weve been in a lot of places that theyve been, Eric says. I'm not going to lie. Bam. Cant have any of this documented. 's all-time most significant art-theft cases. All four were brought to Lexington police headquarters and individually interrogated by F.B.I. It had been agreed that Warren, with his smooth talk, and Spencer, with his artistic knowledge, would go to the meeting. All these girls I could draw better than when I was in sixth grade.. He scored a joint before checking into a hole-in-the-wall and falling asleep. After prison I took up a casual interest in birds. [This librarian] doesn't know what we're carrying, but she's like, Where did these kids come from? Eric says. Im not going to lie. 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. 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. I've met with them, Eric continues. Yet he did allow and encourage the interpretation of his art as an abrogation of space and time and, above all, history. As a child he drew and painted and his abilities led him to consider a career as an artist whilst at High School. onto nearby Fourth Street and careened through traffic before stopping a mile farther on, in front of a predominantly black housing project. Because the boys pleaded guilty, many of the cases crucial details remain unknown even to law enforcement. So we get the passport from the dude, plane tickets. They stopped talking entirely and disbanded. They also noticed a group of people lingering in the Rare Book Room. 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. 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