Blane David Nordahl

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Blane David Nordahl Biography

Nordahl was born April 19, 1962, the son of artist David Nordahl and his wife Sharon, and grew up in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He attended high school in Wisconsin, but dropped out and started work in the construction industry. The family later moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he completed his GED before joining the United States Navy, where he served for several years.

Blane David Nordahl (born April 19, 1962) is an American cat burglar, who was given the nickname “Burglar to the Stars” after his exploits at the homes of individuals such as Ivana Trump, Steven Spielberg, Curt Gowdy and Bruce Springsteen. A highly skilled burglar, at five feet-four inches and 150 pounds, Nordahl targeted the homes of wealthy individuals across the East Coast and showed an exclusive interest in stealing hallmarked antique silver. Despite his skill, he was arrested at least eight times and spent many years in prison. The exact sum of his thefts is uncertain, but a November 2000 U.S. News & World Report article attributed to him 150 burglaries across 10 states, to a value of $3 million.

Nordahl began his criminal career while posted at a naval weapons station in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in 1983. He was soon arrested and served a short jail sentence. In these early years, he also spent time in prison for burglaries in Burlington County; on both occasions he was released early on parole for good behavior. In 1991, he was again arrested and charged with prowling and possessing instruments connected to burglaries, although there was not enough evidence to charge him with the break-ins themselves. For this charge, he spent a few months in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, prison. Soon after his release, Nordahl was back in prison again, having confessed to 40 burglaries.

Once inside a home, Nordahl was very particular about the items he stole. Only interested in genuine silver, he would take drawers of items outside and test them using a silver test kit he took with him; plate silver items would be left behind. When arrested in 1996, police found a copy of an up-to-date antiques and collectibles price guide among his possessions, as well as a directory of wealthy Americans.

When released, Nordahl continued his criminal activities and in 1996 Connecticut police issued an arrest warrant, accusing him of burglaries to the value of $750,000. This included the theft of 120 pairs of silver salt and pepper shakers from the home of Ivana Trump in Greenwich, which were valued at approximately $50,000. A report on this burglary alerted the North Shore police to the fact that Nordahl might also be responsible for a series of 11 burglaries on wealthy individuals in Chicago. The FBI were now involved in the case and traced him using car rental receipts, which had been paid for using Nordahl’s credit card. He was eventually arrested outside of a Walmart store in Sparta, Wisconsin on October 15 and held on bail pending extradition. At this point, several police forces became interested in Nordahl, believing that he may have been responsible for unsolved burglaries in their area.

In 1997, as part of a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport stolen goods across state lines. He was held in prison to await sentencing, but released in July 1998 when the sentence hearing was postponed. By this time, the media had given him the nickname ‘Burglar to the Stars’. In 2000, he was sentenced to five years in prison for the conspiracy to which he had pleaded guilty in 1997, and also ordered to pay $1 million in restitution. As part of the deal he had made with the prosecutors, he avoided charges for about 50 burglaries across five states.

Nordahl gained a reputation for his skilful and audacious burglaries, with comparisons being drawn with John Robie, the cat burglar portrayed by Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief. He often targeted houses while the occupants were still inside sleeping, claiming that he burgled for the excitement not just for the money. He enjoyed the notoriety he achieved, with one officer commenting that he had an ‘ego as big as a house.’ When interviewed in 2000, he stated:

Soon after being released on parole in April 2001, Nordahl went on the run, having committed more burglaries in Philadelphia. Using aliases, he avoided arrest until March 2002, when he was apprehended by US Marshals in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey. No new burglary charges were brought against him, but he was sentenced to two years in prison for probation violations.

He was discharged in November 2003, but was held in custody awaiting extradition to New York State to face charges of burglary and grand larceny made by the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office. Nordahl, however, became a fugitive again and avoided his extradition hearing.

In December 2004, he was sentenced to eight years in prison.

He was arrested again in Philadelphia in January 2004, after US Marshals again tracked him, this time to the home of his ex-girlfriend’s sister. Although he violently resisted arrest, he was eventually apprehended and charged with assaulting police officers and skipping bail.

Released on parole in 2010, he was again arrested in Hilliard, Florida on August 26, 2013, by the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office.

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