The Dinner Set Gang (aka The Fat Cat Burglars) was a gang of thieves who became notorious in the late 1960s and 1970s for their burglaries of the homes of the wealthiest Americans while the victims were at home eating dinner. Newspapers in New York City and Florida nicknamed them "The Dinner Set Gang". The principal members of the gang were brothers-in-law Peter Salerno and Dominick Latella. Others included their driver Carmine Stanzione, the husband of Salerno's sister. Modus operandi Salerno and Latella observed the habits of their potential victims until they recognized a pattern to be exploited. The servants were preoccupied with serving the multi-course meals and it was not considered good manners to leave the table during the long meal period, so the rest of the house was usually deserted. Throughout the year, depending on the season, the elite would drift from Palm Beach, Florida to New England. The gang followed. While Latella watched the victims dine, Salerno would break into the second story, because “the best jewelry was always upstairs”. He gave himself three minutes to go in, find the jewels, and get out. Latella said that despite the enormous nature of the master suites, Salerno "had a sixth sense about finding [the jewelry]." Latella would warn Salerno with a slight whistle if anything went amiss. They were known for avoiding confrontations at all costs. They carried no weapons and were willing to leave a scene empty-handed if necessary. The victims and crimes Salerno and Latella carefully researched their potential victims. They found names in the Forbes list of the wealthiest Americans and looked up addresses in Who's Who in America. Photo spreads from Architectural Digest and Town and Country enabled the duo to case the scenario from a safe distance. Their victims included the DuPonts, the Flaglers, the Wallaces (of Reader's Digest fame) and the Pillsbury family, as well as Liberace, the entertainer. At their prime, the gang would steal a quarter of a million dollars per job on average. The FBI blamed them for several hundred thefts worth somewhere between $75 million to $150 million in jewels (the exact number of thefts committed by the dinner set gang is uncertain because of the many copycat crimes that may have been falsely attributed to them). Their most impressive heist was executed in 1973 in an exclusive, waterfront community just north of Palm Beach. An heir to