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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2598698, member: 71510&quot;]Mr. Nivelo, 53, who is also known as David Vargas and by other aliases, was seen on <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/nyregion/no-rainbow-but-thief-finds-a-bucket-of-gold-on-west-48th-street.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/nyregion/no-rainbow-but-thief-finds-a-bucket-of-gold-on-west-48th-street.html" rel="nofollow">surveillance video</a> carrying the bucket, which was more than half his weight, and then taking off in a half-run, half-waddle, the police said. The theft took place on West 48th Street between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Nivelo, a native of Ecuador, fled to Orlando, Fla., before heading to California, <a href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Million-Dollar-Gold-Flakes-Bucket-Thief-Identified-Convicted-Felon-Julio-Nivelo-NYPD-Midtown-Manhattan-407657995.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Million-Dollar-Gold-Flakes-Bucket-Thief-Identified-Convicted-Felon-Julio-Nivelo-NYPD-Midtown-Manhattan-407657995.html" rel="nofollow">WNBC reported</a> on Tuesday night. Mr. Nivelo, who was living in West New York, N.J., at the time of the theft, <u><b>had previously been arrested seven times and deported four times, the station reported.</b></u>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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