Sean Murphy is an Attleboro, Massachusetts man arrested in January 2009 in connection with a June 2008 heist at the E.A. Dion Company's Attleboro plant. An estimated $2 million in gold rings, including 27 New York Giants Super Bowl rings, gems and other jewelry was stolen from the plant when Murphy and his accomplices allegedly disabled E.A. Dion's alarm system and entered the through a hole cut in the plant's roof. The New York Giants Super Bowl rings, which are valued at $250,000, were recovered Tuesday, January 27, 2009 after police executing a search warrent used keys seized in Murphy's home to open a safe deposit box.Sun Chronicle: Super Bowl rings found (January 28, 2009)
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It's obviously a key piece of evidence linking Sean Murphy to more items stolen from E.A. Dion. They're very unique items we wanted to recover.—Attleboro Detective Richard CampionSun Chronicle: Super Bowl rings found (January 28, 2009)
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Sean Murphy is accused of masterminding a June 2008 heist of a jewelry manufacturing plantBoston Herald: 3 nabbed in Super Bowl ring... (January 28, 2009)
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Police executing a search warrant of Murphy's home recovered keys to two safe deposit boxesBoston Herald: 3 nabbed in Super Bowl ring... (January 28, 2009)
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From the first box, belonging to Murphy, police recovered rare coins stolen in the June heistBoston Herald: 3 nabbed in Super Bowl ring... (January 28, 2009)
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The second box was in the name of Murphy's girlfriend, Kristen A. SullivanBoston Herald: 3 nabbed in Super Bowl ring... (January 28, 2009)
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Police recovered the Super Bowl rings from the box belonging to SullivanBoston Herald: 3 nabbed in Super Bowl ring... (January 28, 2009)
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Murphy and Sullivan are being held on charges of receiving stolen propertyBoston Herald: 3 nabbed in Super Bowl ring... (January 28, 2009)
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They are expected to be arraigned on additional charges of larceny, breaking and entering and possession of burglar's toolsSun Chronicle: Super Bowl rings found (January 28, 2009)
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Murphy is also under investigation for the 2006 break in of an AmerisourceBergen pharmaceutical warehouseSun Chronicle: Super Bowl rings found (January 28, 2009)
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Thieves in the AmerisourceBergen heist stole more than a million prescription pillsSun Chronicle: Super Bowl rings found (January 28, 2009)
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The stolen pills would have a street value of tens of millions of dollarsSun Chronicle: Super Bowl rings found (January 28, 2009)
