A former burglar who bragged about being 'superthief' after a string of brazen break-ins in South Florida in the 1970s has been linked to several violent rapes during that period, police revealed.

After all, Superthief is a caper tale based on true events that happened in the 1970s. You can say the same about David O. Russell's American Hustle. I pointed this out to Reid and noted that ...

It took nearly 50 years for a babysitter to see justice served for what happened to her when she was a teenaged girl on an October night in 1976. She was 15, babysitting in a wealthy Boca Raton ...

I’m a “Superthief,” but I’m not the “Gentle Rapist,” according to a notorious 71-year-old serial burglar who is preparing to face trial on Monday for a pair of rapes committed in the 1970s in Florida.

More than 30 years after several unsolved cases of sexual battery, DNA evidence has linked the crimes to one of the most prolific cat burglars in U.S. history, according to the Boca Raton Police ...

More than 30 years after a series of sexual assaults on young Boca Raton women, cold case detectives using DNA have linked a notorious ex-convict to the crimes, Boca Raton police said today. John ...

John Arthur MacLean has been linked by DNA to at least two cases from the 1970s. Oct. 22, 2012 — -- A Florida convict known as the "Superthief" has been arrested and charged with two armed sexual ...

It took 41 years for authorities to bring the case of a Boca Raton teenage babysitter’s rape to trial. It only took about 45 minutes for a jury Monday to return a conviction. Resolving one of South ...