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The media called him "D.B. Tuber" and the "Craigslist Robber." They said the heist was like "The Thomas Crown Affair" and the robber was "a modern day Robin Hood stealing from the rich." He was the talk of the town and even national media. The detective who caught him said the robbery had "all the preparation of a top-notch heist by an experienced criminal." Anthony Curcio got away with over $400,000 and went to Vegas. . . then got caught and put in prison. But how did an all-American high school football star, a kid with a sure shot at being an all-star college wide receiver, and maybe even fulfilling his dream of going to the NFL, end up robbing a Brink's armored truck? Prescription painkillers. "Prescription drug users are your judges, your police officers, your professional athletes, your bosses, your coworkers, your entertainers, your pastor, his wife, your wife, your kid's school teacher. . . and even you." Heist and High is the story of Anthony’s decent from a life full of promise into the hell of prescription drug addiction, the destruction it caused, and his willingness to do anything- even rob an armored truck- for what he thought would be that one last fix.
- Sales Rank: #1502464 in Books
- Published on: 2013-06-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .60" w x 5.51" l, .73 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 286 pages
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"The best books teach us something new about something we thought we knew, and do it in a way that captivates us so thoroughly we don't even realize we're learning something. These books change our worldview, usually in subtle ways, short-circuiting our preconceptions and forcing us to think rather than simply react. So it is with the book you're about to read."--author Lee Gruenfeld, from the foreword.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Story of a lives lost to addiction
By Patricia Faulhaber
This book is the story of a young man with a life filled with opportunity. Instead of taking advantage of what was in front of him, he chooses the path of drug and alcohol addiction. Anthony, the main character of the true story, is also the co-author of the book. He includes many sections detailing his life of addiction and crime in his own voice. His wife also includes her thoughts about what was happening to her husband and her family. She admits to living in denial during much of their early years of marriage.
There are many lessons to be learned from Anthony's story including the power and powerlessness of family support. Anthony's family tries to help only to have him lie to them again and again. Getting him into rehab only serves him for short period of times before he relapses. In the end, while sitting in a Federal prison for robbing an armored truck, his family support is what keeps him hoping for better.
There are surprising twists and turns in the book. Just when you think Anthony is ready to make a change for the positive, he does something unexpected and continues his life of crime.This is co-author Dane Batty's second book. The writing, as in the first book, is exciting and keeps the reader on the edge of their seats. The five star rating goes to the writing.
The writing is so good that I found myself forgetting that the book is a true story of drugs, alcohol, crime and a dysfunctional family unit. Hopefully the readers will remember there are real people behind all the words.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Fascinating story of crime and multiple drug addiction
By Dennis Littrell
I was very pleasantly surprised at just how good this tale of addiction, crime, punishment, and (possible) rehabilitation turned out to be. I had read co-author Dane Batty's previous venture into the true crime genre ("Wanted: Gentleman Bank Robber" 2010) and it was good. This one is even better.
Author Anthony Curcio himself is the subject so this is as much a memoir as it is a true crime saga. Curcio is that kind of attractive and athletic golden boy who is good at just about everything he puts his mind to, the kind of guy who from childhood gets away with way too much just because people tend to like him and forgive his transgressions. Unfortunately he has one fatal flaw, addiction. He managed to addict himself to pain pills, alcohol, cocaine, and adrenaline rushes while ingesting a wide variety of other pharmaceuticals. At one point he was spending $350 a day on drugs or over $127,000 a year.
His personality is manic-depressive. When he's flying he can do anything; when he's down he is suicidal. And of course the drugs only made things massively worse.
The central event in the book is the Brinks armored car robbery that took place in Monroe, Washington in 2008. Curcio got away with something like $400,000. It was a painstaking-planned heist with several original touches that caught the media's attention.
Curcio put an ad in Craig's list and got over a dozen guys to dress as he would be dressed in blue landscaper's outfits. They were instructed to show up in the parking lot near the bank just before the Brinks truck would arrive thereby providing cover for Curcio's get away--which, by the way was via a nearby stream on an inner tube. You may have seen a reenactment of this crime in a recently broadcasted segment on TV's 20/20. The segment is probably archived at their web site. I saw it. It's worth viewing.
But what this book is really about is Curcio's spiral from high school heart throb and star athlete (and class clown) to the very depths of depravity as he desperately scrounges, lies, cheats, schemes and steals to support a massive drug habit, the likes of which I have never read about before. Batty interviewed Curcio in prison. He also interviewed his wife Emily. Every page screams authenticity. The prose just runs under your eyes as you quickly turn the pages. I read the book in a single day.
Some observations: At one point Curcio totally identified himself as a criminal citing the criminality of bankers and others in power. Part of this was just a rationalization that allowed him to commit crimes without guilt. But part of it is what millions of people genuinely feel: they have been cheated, lied to and stolen from. For some there's the sense that it's all a jungle and the tiger does not feel it is wrong to eat the lamb.
The material on being in prison was strikingly vivid as Curcio depicted the mentality of the prisoners and their guards and the various hells he went through. The authenticity reminded me of Jimmy A. Lerner's excellent "You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish" (2002). In some ways Curcio's account is even better. You won't want to miss knowing what it's like to spend weeks in a tiny cell with a crazed white supremacist as hundreds of cockroaches crawl all over your body.
As in many true crime tales we have the ever-suffering, ever-naïve, ever in denial wife. Her name is Emily and she and Curcio were sweethearts from the eighth grade. He had shown such promise and she loved him so much... Yet she is heroic in the way she works to hold her family together at all costs. Near the end she learns of Curcio's many infidelities and demands that he come clean and tell her the truth. It is a bit strange that these infidelities (which, incidentally, are NOT written about in the book) was what hurt her the most. Not the stealing, the neglect, the shame, the fear--no it was his unfaithfulness. In her demand that he confess all we see a power struggle between husband and wife. In the final analysis he apparently does confess all and I would say she won.
And maybe her amazing ability to stay with Curcio and her ability to forgive him will in the long run be rewarded. Curcio got out of prison in 2013 and there is the hope that he can conquer the bipolar demons that haunt him without spiraling back into drug addiction. He is a talented man and although a criminal, he is not the kind of criminal that wants to hurt people. He is a flawed human being who may yet use his talent in socially responsible ways.
--Dennis Littrell, author of "Dennis Littrell's True Crime Companion"
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
True Crime Meets Addiction Story
By Jacqueline C. Simonds
Anthony Curcio pulled off a nearly perfect bank (truck) robbery. But that's only a part of the story.
Anthony had everything: athletic ability, a great upbringing, a high school sweetheart, two beautiful little girls... but prescription pain killers meant more to him than any of it. Vicodin and Crack took over his life, leading him to more and more illegal activities to support his $15,000 a month habit. One of his semi-legal activities was flipping houses. But then the market crashed.
That's when he conceived of robbing the bank truck. Ostensibly to "save his family," but really, it was all about supporting his drug habit and penchant for high-end consumer goods.
When he was caught, he still didn't understand how addicted he was. Only after years in prison did he come to realize what addiction had done to his life and what was really a priority.
Yes, you'll probably read this book for the True Crime aspect. But you should pay attention to the life that led to this terrible, stupid decision. Addiction destroys life, and this book shows how that process happens.
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