Buddy, can you spare a dime for Tom Brady? - The Orange Mane

Bronx33 · 07-11-2009, 01:01 PM

http://www.bostonherald.com/track/in...ak#articleFull

A 61-year-old ex-con, who was pinched for lifting two Belgian flower boxes worth $8,000 from Tom Brady [stats], is now on the street panhandling to repay the New England Patriots [team stats] QB.

Dennis Paiva of Malden, who claims the whole thing is a big misunderstanding, spends his days begging on the street after a Boston Municipal Court judge
ordered him to pay $4,000 restitution to Brady’s realty trust.

“I’m out here holding up signs,” complained Paiva, who did a 10-year prison stint for bank robbery but says he never meant to steal from number 12.

Here’s the story: Paiva got out of jail five years ago and after serving his time, tried to go on the straight and narrow He took odd jobs and had a side gig as a trash picker.

“I would go out the night before the trash got picked up and see what people put out. If there was anything good, I would take it and sell it,” he explained

Of course, as Paiva explains it, he always found better stuff in the ritzier neighborhoods, so one night last fall he found himself in an alley in the Back Bay checking the discards.

“I saw these two stainless steel metal containers behind a garage next to the trash,” Paiva said. “Scrap metal was really high at the time so I grabbed them and put them in my truck.”

Paiva took the planters to a scrapyard in Everett, collected $450 and was feeling pretty good about life. Right up until he got a call from a Boston police detective.

“The guy mentions I took some flower pots,” Paiva recalled. “I said,‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ He said, ‘We got you on the security camera.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I took them, but they were out with the trash.’ He said, ‘You gotta get them back. You don’t even want to know who they belong to!’ ”

Well, when Paiva heard who owned his “scrap metal,” he rushed back to the yard but, of course, the planters were history. He went back to police and told them the sad tale and was promptly cited for larceny.

“I said, ‘You’re kidding me, they were in the trash!’ ” Paiva said. “The police talked to the people in the building and they said that deliverymen had left the planters in the back because there was no one home. Everyone agreed it was a mistake.”

Nonetheless, the case worked its way through the system, and, according to Paiva, they offered him a plea deal. According to the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office, Dennis admitted he was guilty of larceny, he agreed to pay $4,000 restitution, and the case was continued without a finding for a year. If Paiva got into no more trouble, the charges would be dismissed.

Dennis said he took the deal because he didn’t want to take his chances at trial, what with the bank-robbery record and all. . . .

The story could have ended there, except that, a few weeks later, Paiva suffered an aneurysm and wound up in Massachusetts General Hospital having brain surgery.

“I think it was the stress,” he said

theAPAOps5 · 07-11-2009, 01:12 PM

Yeah he accidentally took the flower pots for scrap metal. RIIIIGGGHHHTTTT!!!

mizzoutigers · 07-11-2009, 01:20 PM

are we suppose to feel bad for this piece? reason why he has spent time in the slammer. i just wish he was working for his money instead of begging on a street corner.

peacepipe · 07-11-2009, 07:05 PM

you are right mizz, we all know how easy it is to get a job.

snowspot66 · 07-11-2009, 09:32 PM

People are just lining up around the block to hire ex cons in this economy.

mizzoutigers · 07-11-2009, 09:35 PM

so being an ex-con justifies stealing someone else's property. you guys are nuts, if you side with scumbags like that where is the limit

mizzoutigers · 07-11-2009, 09:36 PM

he needs to be held accountable for his actions

footstepsfrom#27 · 07-11-2009, 10:19 PM

I'm sure he's the living scum of the earth since he snatched a couple flower pots from Tom Brady's trash. He should get the death penalty.

Spider · 07-11-2009, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by footstepsfrom#27

I'm sure he's the living scum of the earth since he snatched a couple flower pots from Tom Brady's trash. He should get the death penalty.

yeah no doubt ... the sooner this guy is dead the better off Tom Brady's trash is

DBroncos4life · 07-11-2009, 10:39 PM

I'm kind of shocked that nothing happened to the deliverymen that left $8000 dollars worth of pots just outside like that without anyone signing for them.

slyinky · 07-12-2009, 04:56 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4321250

Agency owner pays off debt for stranger

Associated Press

BOSTON -- A convicted bank robber who says he had to panhandle to repay a debt to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has had his debt erased by a local businessman.

Dennis Paiva was ordered by a court to pay $4,000 after selling Brady's expensive flower boxes for scrap metal, mistakenly believing they'd been put behind Brady's Boston condominium as trash in May 2008.

Dan Greenwald, the owner of a Burlington ad agency, said he decided to pay the restitution after reading about Paiva's plight in the Boston Herald on Friday.

Greenwald said it seemed as if Paiva, who says he can't work because of recent surgery, got "the rawest of raw deals."

The 61-year-old Paiva said Greenwald's gift was like "a dream come true."

Spider · 07-12-2009, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slyinky

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4321250

Agency owner pays off debt for stranger

Associated Press

BOSTON -- A convicted bank robber who says he had to panhandle to repay a debt to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has had his debt erased by a local businessman.

Dennis Paiva was ordered by a court to pay $4,000 after selling Brady's expensive flower boxes for scrap metal, mistakenly believing they'd been put behind Brady's Boston condominium as trash in May 2008.

Dan Greenwald, the owner of a Burlington ad agency, said he decided to pay the restitution after reading about Paiva's plight in the Boston Herald on Friday.

Greenwald said it seemed as if Paiva, who says he can't work because of recent surgery, got "the rawest of raw deals."

The 61-year-old Paiva said Greenwald's gift was like "a dream come true."

and whats worse is Brady accepted this money ,brady doesnt need the coin , Brady should have said give it to a charity ....

footstepsfrom#27 · 07-12-2009, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Spider

and whats worse is Brady accepted this money ,brady doesnt need the coin , Brady should have said give it to a charity ....

No kidding...what a tool. Wonder what an $8,000 flower pot looks like...and what kind of wacko needs one to begin with? I mean...were they gold plated maybe?

Funny...you'd think a guy as supposedly smart as Brady would recognize the pure PR worth to his endorsement portfolio by simply doing a good deed and looking the other way on something this dumb. Image is money to these guys...his just took a nasty hit worth a lot more than 8 grand.

Tombstone RJ · 07-12-2009, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by footstepsfrom#27

No kidding...what a tool. Wonder what an $8,000 flower pot looks like...and what kind of wacko needs one to begin with? I mean...were they gold plated maybe?

Funny...you'd think a guy as supposedly smart as Brady would recognize the pure PR worth to his endorsement portfolio by simply doing a good deed and looking the other way on something this dumb. Image is money to these guys...his just took a nasty hit worth a lot more than 8 grand.

You'd think Brady would be smart enough to forgive and forget, but I bet you anything his agent and lawyers told him to stay out of it.

Dr. Broncenstein · 07-12-2009, 09:21 AM

In other news, class envy douchebags are envious.

tsiguy96 · 07-12-2009, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

You'd think Brady would be smart enough to forgive and forget, but I bet you anything his agent and lawyers told him to stay out of it.

brady makes in the range of one million dollars per game, when they recognized this was an accident he shoulda just said big deal.

Rohirrim · 07-12-2009, 10:46 AM

So, Brady has something delivered to his home that cost him thousands of dollars and the delivery man sets it out next to the trash because Tom isn't home? Shouldn't Brady be taking that up with the idiots at that company?

DBroncos4life · 07-12-2009, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rohirrim

So, Brady has something delivered to his home that cost him thousands of dollars and the delivery man sets it out next to the trash because Tom isn't home? Shouldn't Brady be taking that up with the idiots at that company?

That's what I said in post ten, sad thing is I'm willing to be he had some kind of insurance on the pots too.

Rock Chalk · 07-12-2009, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rohirrim

So, Brady has something delivered to his home that cost him thousands of dollars and the delivery man sets it out next to the trash because Tom isn't home? Shouldn't Brady be taking that up with the idiots at that company?

This.

Id sue the company for certain.

07-11-2009, 01:01 PM	#1
Bronx33 lets go partner Rumpson Rocks Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lakewood,Colo Posts: 41,221 Adopt-a-Bronco: Woodyard	Buddy, can you spare a dime for Tom Brady? http://www.bostonherald.com/track/in...ak#articleFull A 61-year-old ex-con, who was pinched for lifting two Belgian flower boxes worth $8,000 from Tom Brady [stats], is now on the street panhandling to repay the New England Patriots [team stats] QB. Dennis Paiva of Malden, who claims the whole thing is a big misunderstanding, spends his days begging on the street after a Boston Municipal Court judge ordered him to pay $4,000 restitution to Brady’s realty trust. “I’m out here holding up signs,” complained Paiva, who did a 10-year prison stint for bank robbery but says he never meant to steal from number 12. Here’s the story: Paiva got out of jail five years ago and after serving his time, tried to go on the straight and narrow He took odd jobs and had a side gig as a trash picker. “I would go out the night before the trash got picked up and see what people put out. If there was anything good, I would take it and sell it,” he explained Of course, as Paiva explains it, he always found better stuff in the ritzier neighborhoods, so one night last fall he found himself in an alley in the Back Bay checking the discards. “I saw these two stainless steel metal containers behind a garage next to the trash,” Paiva said. “Scrap metal was really high at the time so I grabbed them and put them in my truck.” Paiva took the planters to a scrapyard in Everett, collected $450 and was feeling pretty good about life. Right up until he got a call from a Boston police detective. “The guy mentions I took some flower pots,” Paiva recalled. “I said,‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ He said, ‘We got you on the security camera.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I took them, but they were out with the trash.’ He said, ‘You gotta get them back. You don’t even want to know who they belong to!’ ” Well, when Paiva heard who owned his “scrap metal,” he rushed back to the yard but, of course, the planters were history. He went back to police and told them the sad tale and was promptly cited for larceny. “I said, ‘You’re kidding me, they were in the trash!’ ” Paiva said. “The police talked to the people in the building and they said that deliverymen had left the planters in the back because there was no one home. Everyone agreed it was a mistake.” Nonetheless, the case worked its way through the system, and, according to Paiva, they offered him a plea deal. According to the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office, Dennis admitted he was guilty of larceny, he agreed to pay $4,000 restitution, and the case was continued without a finding for a year. If Paiva got into no more trouble, the charges would be dismissed. Dennis said he took the deal because he didn’t want to take his chances at trial, what with the bank-robbery record and all. . . . The story could have ended there, except that, a few weeks later, Paiva suffered an aneurysm and wound up in Massachusetts General Hospital having brain surgery. “I think it was the stress,” he said

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07-11-2009, 01:12 PM	#2
theAPAOps5 A new beginning! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 26,058 Adopt-a-Bronco: Watermock - RIP	Yeah he accidentally took the flower pots for scrap metal. RIIIIGGGHHHTTTT!!!

07-11-2009, 01:20 PM	#3
mizzoutigers Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 352	are we suppose to feel bad for this piece? reason why he has spent time in the slammer. i just wish he was working for his money instead of begging on a street corner.

07-11-2009, 07:05 PM	#4
peacepipe Ring of Famer New to the Forum Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5,767 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	you are right mizz, we all know how easy it is to get a job.

07-11-2009, 09:32 PM	#5
snowspot66 Ring of Famer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,643	People are just lining up around the block to hire ex cons in this economy.

07-11-2009, 09:35 PM	#6
mizzoutigers Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 352	so being an ex-con justifies stealing someone else's property. you guys are nuts, if you side with scumbags like that where is the limit

07-11-2009, 09:36 PM	#7
mizzoutigers Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 352	he needs to be held accountable for his actions

07-11-2009, 10:19 PM	#8
footstepsfrom#27 helmet to helmet hitter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 16,122 Adopt-a-Bronco: Joe Mays	I'm sure he's the living scum of the earth since he snatched a couple flower pots from Tom Brady's trash. He should get the death penalty.

07-11-2009, 10:39 PM	#10
DBroncos4life Hey pic Mod!?!?! FU Why yes, that is Bacon Bacon. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The wrong side of right. Posts: 26,609	I'm kind of shocked that nothing happened to the deliverymen that left $8000 dollars worth of pots just outside like that without anyone signing for them.

07-12-2009, 04:56 AM	#11
slyinky All Rights Reserved Thar she Blows! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 743 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4321250 Agency owner pays off debt for stranger Associated Press BOSTON -- A convicted bank robber who says he had to panhandle to repay a debt to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has had his debt erased by a local businessman. Dennis Paiva was ordered by a court to pay $4,000 after selling Brady's expensive flower boxes for scrap metal, mistakenly believing they'd been put behind Brady's Boston condominium as trash in May 2008. Dan Greenwald, the owner of a Burlington ad agency, said he decided to pay the restitution after reading about Paiva's plight in the Boston Herald on Friday. Greenwald said it seemed as if Paiva, who says he can't work because of recent surgery, got "the rawest of raw deals." The 61-year-old Paiva said Greenwald's gift was like "a dream come true."

07-12-2009, 09:21 AM	#15
Dr. Broncenstein Overdriven Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sterile Fields Posts: 11,622 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Woodyard	In other news, class envy douchebags are envious.

07-12-2009, 10:46 AM	#17
Rohirrim Partisan Human Cannonball Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater Posts: 48,856	So, Brady has something delivered to his home that cost him thousands of dollars and the delivery man sets it out next to the trash because Tom isn't home? Shouldn't Brady be taking that up with the idiots at that company?