Spencer drives me out to Lexington [Blue Grass Airport] on a Friday. It had been agreed that Warren, with his smooth talk, and Spencer, with his artistic knowledge, would go to the meeting. Warren also ordered four stun guns over the Internet. sent a team to interview Melanie Halloran, who told the agents about her meeting with Mr. Stephens and Mr. Williams. Spencer assembled his outfit with even greater care. 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. Believe me, you haven't heard the last of us yet.. We figured, All right, well, now we just got what we thought would be impossible . you know, it's. it was. Now the hard partwe have to steal them. I was nervous. Eric Borsuk, Spencer Reinhard, Charles 'Chas' Allen IIand Warren Lipka hatched a grand plan to steal rare books from their uni library Credit: KKYT. 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. They went back up in the elevator, accidentally stopping on the main floor, where they were spotted by another librarian. 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 The painting, in digital form, would become a popular screen saver on the F.B.I. We felt bad., Warren and Eric rode the elevator to the basement, but they couldnt find the fire exit. We're going to need more people, Warren remembers thinking. Chas turned the G.T.A.V. Like if we ever get caught, were talking about international issues, way past interstate commerce or whatever the hell it is.. 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. The meeting lasted no more than 15 minutes, but still, it was a turning point because the men explained to Warren a crucial step of selling rare books, stolen or otherwise: appraisal by a legitimate auction house. Spencer continued with his heavy schedule of classes, studying, painting, and working out, while Warren returned full-time to U.K. With the pressure mounting, however, Warren was caught shoplifting a TV dinner from a local supermarket, Eric was arrested and charged with D.U.I.police pulled him over not only for running red lights but also because Warren was on top of the car, hanging on to the roof rackand Spencer crashed his Acura Legend. Shortly thereafter he was introduced to a Lexington Catholic alumnus who was making an easy living in identity theft. Still shaken from her ordeal, Gooch, in her 50s, told police that shortly after entering the Rare Book Room with the two men she had been struck on the arm with a Taserlike weapon, her hands and feet were bound with zip ties, and a wool cap was pulled over her eyes. They were skeptical, Warren recalls. The other was short and quiet, wearing a yellow jacket two sizes too large and a matching scarf. It was just funny because weve been in a lot of places that theyve been, Eric says. Reinhard mentioned a collection of lightly guarded rare books and art at the university library, and the two, while watching Hollywood heist movies, started kicking around the idea of stealing from the $20 million collection. for a second vehicle at a secret location, which, according to Warrens 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 Christies in New York immediately. 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. Mass Market Paperback. The first call went out to the National Crime Information Center, alerting law enforcement to be on the lookout for a gray minivan with temporary plates, the description of a vehicle seen screeching away from the library. No response. . They stuffed some of the smaller books Gooch had pulled out for them into their backpacks. The three then take the staff-only elevator down to the bottom floor and escape out the west fire exit. Spencer, meanwhile, was short, wiry, distant, and in many ways Warren's opposite: an over-scheduled, over-achieving, diamond-tipped drill of a kid who excelled at whatever he set himself to. 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. very unofficial.. What they would tell me, then, is their version of eventsand the only complete account of the planning, execution, and aftermath of the heist. The thieves left no fingerprints behind, and there were almost no witnesses. For added anonymity, Warren bleached his hair blond that night. He covered his tracks by using public phones and campus computers. In the early evening, they say they smoked some celebratory Kentucky Bluegrass weed they had stashed away for the occasion. The painting, in digital form, would become a popular screen saver on the F.B.I. Nothing like a six year prison sentence to get the creative juices flowing. So we go back down to the bottom floor just to get away from her. agents poured in over the wreckage. 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. When the four boys were arrested the news was met with disbelief, as none of them had been in any serious trouble before. 2021 Spencer Reinhard all rights reserved. It had some tennis trivia in there that I wasn't expecting.. Because the boys pleaded guilty, many of the cases crucial details remain unknown even to law enforcement. (Throughout the interviews with the three, it became clear that Chas was the odd man out among the group. It was definitely a terrifying thing. [Beckman] said, B.J., a nickname her friends and colleagues used for her, she told officers. Chas cursed Warren as an incompetent, and condemned the other two as burnouts, demanding that the three figure out a way to get the books appraised so they could move on to the next phase of the plan. He focused above all on painting, gaining admission into a prestigious Lexington arts program. (Big Warren declined to comment on the gambling accusations at the time.) Spencer believed it was an insurmountable problem. Spencer assembled a small wardrobe of fake beards, gray wigs, and costume glue. Warren introduced himself as Mr. Williams. For Spencer it all started with a series of mild disappointments. 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. She offered to take his place. Cops entered the basement, a dank pit reeking of marijuana, and found Warren sprawled out on a mattress. We figured the more obvious [we were], the less likely [we would be suspected]., As it was already nearing the end of the school year, and there was a lot of planning yet to be done, they agreed to postpone the theft until at least the fall. He looked like he was dressed from a thrift store, Halloran told the agents. 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. He loved that it had been made the screen saver on the F.B.I.s computers. . Four students stole priceless books from Transylvania University. Spencer was arrested in a simultaneous raid on his dorm room at Transy. The author knocks on the doors bearing the darkest symbols, behind which lie guns, ammo, antisemitism, antiabortion dogmaand a belief in the coming civil war. They went back up in the elevator, accidentally stopping on the main floor, where they were spotted by another librarian. Warren had run up the side of the hill and frantically ran off. When not at practice, Warren spent his time smoking pot, watching Comedy Central, and reading German philosophy. The meeting ended after 30 minutes, and Ms. Halloran escorted the two out, assuring them that she'd be in touch after conferring with her superiors on the best way forward. Afterward, Warren and Spencer briefed the others, and the four went to lunch, where, the boys say, Chas insisted they spend another night in New York and attempt to see Mr. Leckey the next day. For example, if you want to go on a vacation, you should first decide where you are going and how much money you have . I see Warren and Eric bust out of the back door, Spencer says, describing what he saw unfold from his lookout position. 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. Warren jumped at the opportunity and recruited another adrift freshman, his old high-school soccer teammate Eric Borsuk, as a partner. In early February 2005, the F.B.I. (Spencer had had to do a rush job on them because his art-history final had run long.) It was the sense of redemption that I hadnt anticipated. He scored a joint before checking into a hole-in-the-wall and falling asleep. I know now that they were my best years, and if I hadnt gone to prison, they would have been lost to temptations of the so-called free world., Shuttling between his familys adopted home in California, Colombia, and Stateside, Reinhard said: The transition for me has been great. and local detectives. Us three, we were much thicker than he was.) And what Chas likely didn't know was that, for Warren, Eric, and Spencer, the actual appraisal and sale of the stolen books had become irrelevant to the mission. Because no one would go to Christies with stolen books to get them appraisedthats how we did a lot of stuff, like, we would smoke weed directly under the [security] camera on the Transy campus, park a car right underneath it and then smoke for like an hour. By early November the boys were selling fake IDs at a hundred dollars apiece, and had apparently branched out into more lucrative identity manipulations. The plan for the actual robbery sets out three distinct phases. Thats what we were doing, kind of living this little Matchstick Men, college kind of life.. It had some tennis trivia in there that I wasnt expecting.. Indeed one might consider these years to be a catalyst with which he could find his unique vision. They simply ignored him, and the four returned to Lexington. Through it all, I never stopped making art. Jamaica has been great so far. He was whisked into a squad car. [Warrens] like, Come on up, Eric remembers. As a precautionary measure, they left the books in the car. Warren, under an alias, would make an appointment with Gooch for that afternoon to view the books they wanted to steal. He feared being restricted in any way. American painter Spencer Reinhard is loving the new art he is diligently producing. The first call went out to the National Crime Information Center, alerting law enforcement to be on the lookout for a gray minivan with temporary plates, the description of a vehicle seen screeching away from the library. Its great to be the inspiration for this project., 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. I get the call on the cell phone. Ad Choices. Like, they were doing something serious, talking about the heist, going over the plan, and somebody would make a joke. 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. If you want to do something, you should figure out how you are going to do it. 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. And so I see Warren go back. They jump in the van and peel out around the loop.. The phone number was registered to a Gary Reinhard of Lexington, Kentucky. Bam. We spoke about his paintings, especially A Plan to Fail. The ground floor quickly filled with shouting cops, screaming young women, and a few dazed men in boxer shorts. As they scooted down the stairs their arms gave out and they stopped to catch their breath. So we ate at Pazzos pizza pub. A few minutes later, a short, dark-haired young man, also dressed in a winter coat, cap, and gloves, entered the library. Meanwhile, Eric lined up the G.T.A.V. Reinhard is here for a monthlong working visit at the invitation of Bianca Bartley and Zuar Jarrett, the programme director and chairman, respectively, of the recently launched creative initiative in St Mary targeting local and foreign artists spanning various disciplines. from an unsuspecting friend and got his hands on zip ties, a wool cap, electricians tape, and bedsheets. Around Halloween, Warren drafted a working plan, which he presented to the other three in the basement. Phase 1 begins at the bungalow when all four get into what Warren designated the G.T.A.V., or the Go-to-and-Away-Vehicle, all disguised as old men. Im not sure, but it was a lot. Quote tagged! Phase 2 ends when the loot is loaded into the G.T.A.V. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. All rights reserved. It gave me an excellent opportunity to learn Spanish. The other was short and quiet, wearing a yellow jacket two sizes too large and a matching scarf. When she asked for contact information, Spencer gave her his cell-phone number. A painting by Reinhard, a gifted artist, may offer some clues. The thieves left no fingerprints behind, and there were almost no witnesses. 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. ). Back at Warrens later that afternoon, the boys were transfixed by local coverage of the Transy Book Heist. According to the news, it appeared that neither Gooch nor anyone else was able to provide the police with an accurate description of the boys. We felt bad., Warren and Eric rode the elevator to the basement, but they couldn't find the fire exit. Who do we trust?. We'll all be still young, Warren says. These peoples perspectives, because they have money, theyre tweaked., In October of his freshman year, Warren quit the U.K. soccer team, forfeiting his scholarship. How the hell would we do this? And he said, I know a guy in New York.. I'm expecting when I get up there it's going to be taken care of and I'm just going to start lifting books. More important, the basement was secluded. Even if they did steal the books, for example, how would they ever sell them? Can't have any of this documented. 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). The next day, they worked off their hangovers by checking out Ground Zero before strolling into the bustle of Chinatown for lunch. The reaction to the plan was generally positiveshortly after Thanksgiving, they moved forward. Though she couldnt recall much else about her assailants, one odd detail stood out. When an agent called, he got a voice-mail recording, This is Spence. Spencer believed it was an insurmountable problem. 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 oclock appointment with Walter Beckman, a man she had never met. After researching auction houses online, Warren singled out Christie's in New York. For one, its cheaper, and this allowed me to work less and spend more time with my young daughter. We did the robbery as a way to escape, Eric says. The whole operation would have to be completed by 12:30 P.M., as the boys say Chas needed to return the Dodge Caravan to his mother in time for her to sell it, and Spencer and Eric had to get to their final exams in sociology and tennis, respectively. In the fall of 2004, Warren Lipka moved into the unfinished basement. Add to cart Category: Prints Additional information He was still enrolled, but only nominally, and remained on the fringes of campus life. In the fall of 2004, Warren Lipka moved into the unfinished basement. 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. This is the story you didnt get from the film. We live in 10 months of the year in Colombia and spend two in the States. The phone number was registered to a Gary Reinhard of Lexington, Kentucky. Were going to need more people, Warren remembers thinking. They stopped talking entirely and disbanded. still young, Warren says. Now we cant ever go back there. I know the collection is extensive and anything you think I might be interested in seeing, by all means, share, he wrote. After high school I chose to attend Transylvania University where I would continue to play soccer and study art. 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. Spencer had underestimated his friend's resolve. All four were brought to Lexington police headquarters and individually interrogated by F.B.I. Before, in college, growing up, we were being funneled into this mundane, nickel-and-dime existence. My world view actually expanded. I think we all knew that we wanted something different, and we had to break away from where we were living. The painting is a kaleidoscope of images, including what appears to be a computer, a cell phone, a bong, the Transylvania library, and loose sheets of notepaper, floating above a desiccated one-eyed young man in a watch cap, kicking back on a beat-up couch with a blue dog on his lap. 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. Once safely back in Lexington, the two created a Yahoo account and sent off the e-mail in which they claimed to have unspecified rare books in their possession, using the name Terry, as instructed. 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. It was the sense of redemption that I hadn't anticipated. Again, Warren thought otherwise. Like Barry, the men were immediately put off by Warren's youth, and even more so by the fact that he hadn't brought any of the books with him to Amsterdam. Wearing a heavy coat, gloves, and a wool cap, Beckman signed the visitors log. 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. Chas turned the G.T.A.V. A week later came a terse reply, telling Terry that, if he wanted to sell something, he was going to have to come in person to Amsterdam, as that is where I do business. Both Spencer and Warren were thrilleduntil they realized it would require traveling with a passport. None the less, still super stoked Lex Art League accepted 3 of my artworks. 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. I get the call on the cell phone. In the early evening, they say they smoked some celebratory Kentucky Bluegrass weed they had stashed away for the occasion. A uniformed doorman cheerily welcomed both boys into the lobby, where they informed reception that they were there for Mr. Walter Beckmans appointment with Thomas Leckey, Christies rare-book specialist. In between soccer practice, classes, painting, and studying, Spencer drew detailed sketches of the inside of the Special Collections Library and the adjacent Rare Book Room, making several appointments with the Special Collections librarian, Betty Jean Gooch, to scout the premises. agents were sitting behind them the whole time, listening to their every word. He was still enrolled, but only nominally, and remained on the fringes of campus life. I was in interaction with people from nearly every country in the Americas, he reflected on the time spent between prisons in Kentucky and Texas. 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. Churchill's statement can be agreed with. Mr. Beckman now wanted these books appraised. In all my art classes I was the only guyin with a bunch of girls who didn't have any idea what they wanted to do. 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 drivers licensesand paying in cash. The reaction to the plan was generally positiveshortly after Thanksgiving, they moved forward. By far the most common theory around town was that the heist had been just a frat prank that spun way out of control. See, we have no choice now but to create something new, someplace else. Waiting for the law to snatch them was nerve-racking, but they went on with their lives as if nothing had been amiss. Afterward, they returned to the Hilton for an early night. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Quit struggling, B.J., or do you want to feel more pain? she remembered the man saying. We spoke about his paintings, especially A Plan to Fail. The next morning, all nerves, he left for the meeting site, a caf within walking distance. Spencer received a commission to paint murals at a local school and kept up his soccer training, Eric started a lawn-care business with his friend Chas Allen, and Warren landed a job at a local day camp. In their senior year the two became local celebrities after a dramatic photo appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader showing Lexington Catholic star goalkeeper Lipka and Tates Creek forward Reinhard battling midair during a playoff game. Warren had run up the side of the hill and frantically ran off. We told B.J. Warren called me one night and he's like, We need to get together. . Phase 3 is the escape, which involves switching the G.T.A.V. Only cannabis-smoking goalkeeper Warren Lipka . The guys hung out together when they could, with Warren frequently conjuring up fantasiesthrough billowing clouds of marijuana smokeof post-heist life for them in the Mediterranean, complete with sleek catamarans and topless women. 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. part of a series on Honesty By one oclock 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 crews covering the developing Transy Book Heist, a crime that would one day be listed among the F.B.I.s all-time most significant art-theft cases. 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