Gary Giordano’s Secret Criminal Past
Sept. 23 2011, Published 2:00 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Before Gary Giordano was targeted in the mysterious disappearance of Robyn Gardner in Aruba last month, he had another brush with the law, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.
Back in 2003, the 50-year-old was convicted for his involvement in an organized retail theft operation in Maryland after going on stealing sprees in Target stores.
The detective in the case spoke to ABC2 News in Baltimore, MD and said that for some reason he kept hold of Giordano’s file all of these years.
“I went back to the office next day, pulled up the case file, looked at the picture. It was definitely the same guy,” Montgomery County Detective David Hill said of when he first saw Giordano’s picture on the news.
Det. Hill said Giordano would brazenly enter Target stores in Montgomery and Frederick Counties, load up his shopping cart, and then just walk out the door with the goods like he had just purchased them.
He would apparently even sometimes go straight back in and do it all again after he had put the stuff in his vehicle.
Giordano was eventually busted in Germantown where he was caught stealing electronic goods on the surveillance cameras.
Authorities say he would sell the items on the internet that included things like gaming systems and DVD players.
“He was an easy going guy. He wasn’t a jerk,” Det. Hill recalled of Giordano’s demeanor.