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How One Jilted Patriots Fan Stole 27 Giants Super Bowl Rings

The 2007 Patriots couldn't complete a perfect season when they lost to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII, but four months later, Massachusetts resident Sean Murphy pulled off what was briefly a perfect heist.

Murphy was so incensed by the Giants Super Bowl win–one he deemed "lucky"–that he decided to steal a collection of championship rings from the E.A. Dion Inc manufacturing plant in Attleboro, Mass. And Murphy landed a relative treasure in Attleboro. He stole $2 million worth of gold and jewelry and over a dozen rings, including one he claimed belonged to Michael Strahan. But the thrill of the heist didn't last long.