Raine is adept at safecracking, burglary, fencing as well as being a helicopter pilot. Parker is a reformed criminal, having served prison sentences for cat burglary and safecracking. His gifts are for pickpocketing and safecracking and even does not use his real name. Charlie Hopkins (Gordon Harker) is a retired burglar with an expertise in safecracking. In 1902, Reiser was arrested for safecracking. O'Banion and several friends started accompanying Reiser on some safecracking jobs. In 1909, O'Banion was arrested first for safecracking and then for assault. Schillizzi learned safecracking in the 1950s when working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.