Vojislav Stanimirović (criminal)
{{Short description|Serbian-born American (1937–2022)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Vojislav Stanimirović
| image =
| image_size =
| caption = Vojislav Stanimirović; 'Mr. Stan'
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|3|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kingdom of Yugoslavia
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|06|13|1937|3|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
| occupation = Reformed criminal, writer, journalist and artist
| nationality = Serbian
| citizenship = American
| period = 1937–2022
| subject = Crime
| relatives = Pavle Stanimirović (son)
}}
Vojislav Stanimirović (19 March 1937 – 13 June 2022) was a Serbian-born American journalist {{citation needed|date=July 2016}} and one-time crime figure, most famous for his leading role in the Vizcaya Heist.{{cite web|last1=Associated Press|title=Trio Arrested With Silver in New York|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m99YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dfgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4803%2C2833529|website=Spokane Daily Chronicle|access-date=16 July 2016}} He emigrated to the United States in 1952. Stanimirović was also later involved with YACS and the Pink Panthers among Serbian mafia figures. He is the father of Pavle Stanimirović. He died of mesothelioma on June 13, 2022 in Novi Sad, Serbia.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022|reason=Death needs a source}}
The Vizcaya Heist
On 22 March 1971, three individuals from New York City raided the Villa Vizcaya in Miami and stole approximately $1,500,000 in artwork and silver items, some of which were of historical value.{{cite web|url=http://flashbackmiami.com/2014/10/22/vizcaya|title=Vizcaya|publisher=Flashback Miami|date=22 October 2014|access-date=29 September 2016}} This trio of reputed jewel thieves was arrested on 25 March 1971.
The New York Police Department raided the luxurious Manhattan apartment of Vojislav Stanimirović and his wife Branka, and arrested them. The couple's accomplice, Aleksandar Karanović, was also arrested, and all three were charged with suspicion of stolen property and possession of a dangerous weapon.
From the Stanimirovićs' apartment approximately $250,000 of the stolen goods was recovered.{{cite news|last1=Staff|title=3 Seized With $250,000 In Allegedly Stolen Items|work=The New York Times |date=25 March 1971 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/25/archives/3-seized-with-250000-in-allegedly-stolen-items.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0|access-date=30 September 2016}} Sergeant Connolly stated that included in the theft was a silver bowl that once belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte and was virtually priceless.{{cite web|title=Big Cache of Art, Jewelry; Trio Arrested|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FbBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UlIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7298%2C5036065|website=The Bryan Times|access-date=29 September 2016}} According to Connolly, the three perpetrators had been under surveillance for four months for unrelated jewel burglaries that they had carried out in the Manhattan Diamond District. NYPD Captain Thomas Kissane said that the vast majority of the precious items stolen from the Vizcaya have never been recovered.
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Category:20th-century criminals
Category:Crimes in New York (state)