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Every schoolboy knows the one about the con man trying to sell a sucker the Brooklyn Bridge. But two New Yorkers seem to have succeeded in marketing it piece by piece. Ruffino Sauco and John Baressi were arrested Nov. 19 after being spotted prying off 200-lb. sections of the bridge and flinging them down to the shoreline. Workmen had noticed that huge chunks of an aluminum grillwork under the span had been mysteriously disappearing for two days. The apparent motive: selling the metal for scrap. City officials estimate that repairing the damage will cost $37,000. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Have I Got a Deal for You! | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

While Tiger Randy Melville hit one of two free throws, referee Jack Ruffino watched the emotional McLaughlin pace the Harvard sideline. Ruffino had already slapped McLaughlin with a technical late in the first half...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Officials Snap Technicals on Harvard; Tigers Cage 68-56 Lackluster Win | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...Harvard brought the ball up court on the next series trailing by six, Ruffino exploded from under the basket and charged McLaughlin with his second technical...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Officials Snap Technicals on Harvard; Tigers Cage 68-56 Lackluster Win | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...Ruffino could not be reached for comment...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Officials Snap Technicals on Harvard; Tigers Cage 68-56 Lackluster Win | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...kicker, Ruffino charged guard Robert Taylor with a technical foul two minutes later, claiming the over-zealous defender had stepped over the end line and illegally interfered with the Princeton inbounds...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Officials Snap Technicals on Harvard; Tigers Cage 68-56 Lackluster Win | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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