He had been arrested many times after that and had served a term in Sing Sing for robbery with a gun.
By 2 a.m., the dispatcher was only reporting 10-30's and 10-13's -- robberies in progress and officers needing assistance.
Porter claimed that the brigade's "robberies and house burning are shameful".
So far, the police do not see any links between any of yesterday's robberies.
That robbery was carried out by members of the Pink Panther Gang, an eastern European criminal cartel accused of some of the world's biggest robberies.
The holdup, had it succeeded, would have ranked as one of Britain's largest robberies.
Florida's crime rate, including robberies of all kinds, has also declined since 2007.
She once wrote: "My favorites... were Burton's 'Anatomy of Melancholy,' Johnson's 'Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates,' and Bayle's Dictionary".
HISTORY'S most audacious robberies, real or imagined, have made for great cinema and some memorable screen villains.
Ram Singh divided up the results of the night's robberies, distributing credit and bank cards, cash and mobiles, jewellery and the shoes.
(Last year's total reported robberies, 21,787, was the lowest figure in modern history).
