Tag: Bank Burglary

Updated: November 20, 2019

On April 11, 2018 in Manhattan federal court, Charles “Duke” Kerrigan, 42, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison for his role in two 2016 bank burglaries.

The Mazzara burglary crew

Kerrigan was part of a burglary crew that targeted banks in and around New York City. They typically broke into bank vaults and safe deposit boxes by cutting through a roof or a wall. The crew included Michael Mazzara, Anthony Mascuzzio, and Kerrigan’s younger brother Christopher Kerrigan.

The crew burglarized an HSBC bank branch in Brooklyn in April 2016, and a Maspeth Federal Savings Bank branch in Queens in May 2016. They stole approximately $331,000 in cash and $103,000 in property from the HSBC bank, and approximately $297,000 in cash and $20,157,000 in property from the Maspeth bank.

On Friday morning in Manhattan federal court, Christopher Kerrigan, 41, of Staten Island, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for his role in two 2016 bank burglaries in Brooklyn and Queens, New York.

Kerrigan was part of a burglary crew that targeted banks in the New York City area, and usually broke into bank vaults and safe deposit boxes by cutting through a roof or a wall. The crew included Michael Mazzara, Anthony Mascuzzio, and Kerrigan’s older brother Charles Kerrigan. All of the defendants have already pled guilty. Christopher Kerrigan was the first to be sentenced.

On December 15, 2017, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that four men had pled guilty to participating in two 2016 bank burglaries. 

Michael Mazzara, Charles Kerrigan, Christopher Kerrigan, and Anthony Mascuzzio burglarized an HSBC Bank branch in Brooklyn and a Maspeth Federal Savings Bank branch in Queens over two weekends in April and May 2016, respectively. Both banks were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

The Mazzara burglary crew used acetylene blowtorches to cut into the bank vaults from the roofs of the buildings. They stole over $20 million in cash and valuables from the bank vaults and safe deposit boxes.