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<p>[QUOTE="Treashunt, post: 239001, member: 6763"]Let be careful out there!</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin collection behind murder of FDNY vet</p><p>BY JENNIFER BARRIOS</p><p><a href="mailto:jennifer.barrios@newsday.com">jennifer.barrios@newsday.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>May 28, 2007, 10:19 PM EDT</p><p>Robbery appears to be the motive in the murder of a former New York City firefighter from Long Island, Scottsdale, Ariz., police said Monday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jeff Bigham, 56, wanted Salvatore Princiotta's valuable coin collection. So the Californian flew to Princiotta's Scottsdale home, shot the retired firefighter four times, and took it, according to police.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bigham then flew to California and sold the coins for $18,000 to an unwitting coin dealer in Vista, police said.</p><p><br /></p><p>He also gave the dealer a large commemorative Elvis stamp that he had stolen from Princiotta's home, telling the dealer to try and sell it for him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Princiotta's body was discovered after relatives, alarmed that they hadn't heard from him earlier this month, had asked a nephew who attended school in nearby Tempe to check on Princiotta.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 21-year-old nephew, also named Salvatore Princiotta, went to the condo on May 14, where he found the door locked, the house neat and orderly -- and his uncle's body lying on his bedroom floor.</p><p><br /></p><p>The safe was unlocked, the collection gone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Princiotta had moved to Scottsdale last winter, hoping that the dry desert air would help the breathing conditions he developed after working at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Princiotta and Bigham, who met at a Las Vegas convention, spoke by phone almost every day in the days leading up to Princiotta's death, police said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Family members told police that they suspected a man named "Jeff," who had associated with Princiotta, was involved in his murder.</p><p><br /></p><p>On May 25, police found Bigham at a motel in San Bernardino, Calif. When cornered, Bigham shot and killed himself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Monday, Princiotta's brother, Chuck Princiotta, said he credited his 21-year-old son with noticing the unlocked safe and alerting authorities.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the news that police had definitively linked Bigham to the crime was bittersweet.</p><p><br /></p><p>"It only hammers home the unbelievable point that someone would murder somebody for some coins and a stamp," Chuck Princiotta said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Newsday[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Treashunt, post: 239001, member: 6763"]Let be careful out there! Coin collection behind murder of FDNY vet BY JENNIFER BARRIOS [email]jennifer.barrios@newsday.com[/email] May 28, 2007, 10:19 PM EDT Robbery appears to be the motive in the murder of a former New York City firefighter from Long Island, Scottsdale, Ariz., police said Monday. Jeff Bigham, 56, wanted Salvatore Princiotta's valuable coin collection. So the Californian flew to Princiotta's Scottsdale home, shot the retired firefighter four times, and took it, according to police. Bigham then flew to California and sold the coins for $18,000 to an unwitting coin dealer in Vista, police said. He also gave the dealer a large commemorative Elvis stamp that he had stolen from Princiotta's home, telling the dealer to try and sell it for him. Princiotta's body was discovered after relatives, alarmed that they hadn't heard from him earlier this month, had asked a nephew who attended school in nearby Tempe to check on Princiotta. The 21-year-old nephew, also named Salvatore Princiotta, went to the condo on May 14, where he found the door locked, the house neat and orderly -- and his uncle's body lying on his bedroom floor. The safe was unlocked, the collection gone. Princiotta had moved to Scottsdale last winter, hoping that the dry desert air would help the breathing conditions he developed after working at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Princiotta and Bigham, who met at a Las Vegas convention, spoke by phone almost every day in the days leading up to Princiotta's death, police said. Family members told police that they suspected a man named "Jeff," who had associated with Princiotta, was involved in his murder. On May 25, police found Bigham at a motel in San Bernardino, Calif. When cornered, Bigham shot and killed himself. Monday, Princiotta's brother, Chuck Princiotta, said he credited his 21-year-old son with noticing the unlocked safe and alerting authorities. But the news that police had definitively linked Bigham to the crime was bittersweet. "It only hammers home the unbelievable point that someone would murder somebody for some coins and a stamp," Chuck Princiotta said. Newsday[/QUOTE]
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