connecticut detective cornel abrozini had a pretty good idea who was behind these thefts. after all, he had spent most of his career tracking the notorious burglar, blain nordal. he was first arrested in new jersey in 1983. over the years, he's believed to have burglarized as many as 500 homes, carting away a stunning $10 million worth of silver. he was last paroled in 2010 and the detective had been waiting patiently for him to strike again. in february, he got his first tip that perhaps nordal was back at it, when a detective from aiken, south carolina called wanting to know if a rash of silver burglaries down south matched nordal's m.o. >> said tell you what, why don't you send me your crime scene photos and send me your narrative reports, let me take a look at them, and so he sent them up to me.