questions for SF assistant DA jerry coleman

bb: while newspapers say that my former roommate is 47 years old, probation records make him 55. when will he be eligible for parole?

jc: dino smith has to do 85% of his 23-year sentence (minus whatever credit he has from his NYC capture in june 04), so about 18 1/3 years, or March, 2023.

bb: so he'll be either 65 or 73, at least, when he gets out. part of smith's journal that got cut from the article for space reasons read, "I should have called the cops as soon as he walked up to my car. Why did I even give MZ the fucking time of day. I know, the money right? Wrong, I knew something was wrong, something didn't sound right. And he's the only one going to make out with it all too, every dime." as you know, this may refer to mark zimmelman, the owner of lang antique and estate jewelry, suggesting this was an inside job. dino reportedly told SFPD inspector dan leydon that he and zimmelman had masterminded the job together, and as romney reported, the thieves "tunneled through the wall in the exact place from where safes had been moved aside with zimmelman's knowledge one week earlier."

jc: our office continues to pursue all criminal leads concerning this historic jewelry heist, but our primary focus remains on the actual robbery perpetrators, one of whom remains at large.