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  • Optional
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    • 06-10-10
    • 61575

    #1
    5dimes Tony Murderer Gets 33 Years
    33 years in prison for one of the 11 accused of the kidnapping and death of William Creighton

    Kenny Ford Dowman accepted charges in death of American William Creighton


    Kenny Ford Dowman, one of the eleven defendants in the kidnapping and murder of American businessman William Sean Creighton Kopko, has already been sentenced.

    He underwent an abbreviated process, that is, he accepted the crimes that the Prosecutor's Office blamed on him and it transpired that he accepted a sentence of 33 years in prison.

    Ford was part of the trial that has been taking place since August 2021 in the Criminal Court of Goicoechea for these crimes; however, the public defender assigned to her was incapacitated for 18 days due to a health problem. For that reason that defendant was removed from the debate, since the law only allows a maximum of 10 days without the trial continuing, otherwise it would be annulled.

    When he was separated, for Ford was due to give him another trial, but the previous Friday he accepted the charges. The Court's press office confirmed the facts and indicated that the delivery of the respective sentence is still pending.

    William Sean Creighton Kopko was the owner of 5Dimes. Photo: Taken from the William Creighton website


    Creighton was kidnapped on the night of Monday, September 24, 2018 in San Pedro de Montes de Oca.

    [ Three months before the kidnapping of William Creighton gang approached his company ]

    According to the Public Ministry, the leader of the gang that organized the attack is surnamed Morales Vega, and was helped by his mother, surnamed Vega Aguirre (48 years old); his girlfriend, who is a woman surnamed Solís Chaves (27 years old); the grandmother, named Aguirre Leal (74 years old) and a man surnamed Vega Aguirre (49), Morales' uncle.

    Also on the list are suspects surnamed Martínez Chacón, Sanabria Abarca (teacher), Sánchez Gamboa, Jirón López and Medrano Vargas (the last two are traffic).

    Against these 10 people follows the trial that is scheduled to end next March.




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  • Ian
    SBR Hall of Famer
    • 11-09-09
    • 6074

    #2
    I didn't know the suspects had been caught... or even that there were suspects. Thanks for posting this, Optional. I wonder if this was an inside job... Kenny Ford Dowman doesn't sound like the name of a Costa Rican. An internet search didn't give any info on his level of involvement.
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    • SamsNCharge99
      SBR Aristocracy
      • 10-22-08
      • 41242

      #3
      wow, this is a wild story
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      • trytrytry
        SBR Posting Legend
        • 03-13-06
        • 23649

        #4
        ok ok ok it was me
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        • Optional
          Administrator
          • 06-10-10
          • 61575

          #5
          Originally posted by Ian
          I didn't know the suspects had been caught... or even that there were suspects. Thanks for posting this, Optional. I wonder if this was an inside job... Kenny Ford Dowman doesn't sound like the name of a Costa Rican. An internet search didn't give any info on his level of involvement.
          It was a family gang of Costa Ricans who had apparently been planning it since 2017.

          That newspaper has a lot of detailed information about evidence given and how it went down and how they caught if you click the links in the article to related stories.
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          • HedgeHog
            SBR Posting Legend
            • 09-11-07
            • 10128

            #6
            Can't help but wonder if 5D would still be serving the US market had this never happened.
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            • pimike
              BARRELED IN @ SBR!
              • 03-23-08
              • 37140

              #7
              Just sad.
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              • JIBBBY
                SBR Aristocracy
                • 12-10-09
                • 83686

                #8
                Kidnapping for ransom I think is one of the worst crimes there is in this world especially if they kill that person during or after the kidnapping process.

                Death penalty should have been the punishment not just 33 years
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                • Brock Landers
                  SBR Aristocracy
                  • 06-30-08
                  • 45359

                  #9
                  his attitude and treatment of people probably led to his downfall

                  i always had good interactions with him, but i heard more than a few stories of him being nothing short of a total dick to people just because he could
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                  • harvesters
                    SBR Sharp
                    • 01-31-09
                    • 272

                    #10
                    Why did you call himself Tony?
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                    • JIBBBY
                      SBR Aristocracy
                      • 12-10-09
                      • 83686

                      #11
                      Originally posted by harvesters
                      Why did he call himself Tony?
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                      • pavyracer
                        SBR Aristocracy
                        • 04-12-07
                        • 82839

                        #12
                        When your business involves around illegal activities in a 3rd world country you need to hire top notch security as you will be the target for kidnapping for ransom.
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                        • MinnesotaFats
                          SBR Posting Legend
                          • 12-18-10
                          • 14758

                          #13
                          So what exactly led to this gang getting caught? They had a 2 year head start, I remember police and fbi were getting nowhere
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                          • pavyracer
                            SBR Aristocracy
                            • 04-12-07
                            • 82839

                            #14
                            Originally posted by MinnesotaFats
                            So what exactly led to this gang getting caught? They had a 2 year head start, I remember police and fbi were getting nowhere
                            I believe they tracked the bitcoin that was wired for the ransom to one of the members in Spain or something like that.
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                            • Foxx
                              SBR Hall of Famer
                              • 05-25-11
                              • 5831

                              #15
                              Originally posted by JIBBBY
                              Kidnapping for ransom I think is one of the worst crimes there is in this world especially if they kill that person during or after the kidnapping process.
                              Death penalty should have been the punishment not just 33 years
                              Perhaps he cut a deal
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                              • JIBBBY
                                SBR Aristocracy
                                • 12-10-09
                                • 83686

                                #16
                                Originally posted by pavyracer
                                When your business involves around illegal activities in a 3rd world country you need to hire top notch security as you will be the target for kidnapping for ransom.
                                Exactly. I think he was kidnapped in his brand new Range Rover if I remember the full story correctly? Had a flashy house and wife as well.

                                Gotta hire private security in these 3rd world Countries as you become a target for sure especially if you flaunt your wealth.

                                Maybe even get one of these bullet proof cars..

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                                • DontTailMe
                                  SBR MVP
                                  • 03-24-19
                                  • 2897

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Brock Landers
                                  his attitude and treatment of people probably led to his downfall
                                  Or the simple facts that he had money and it is Costa Rica, where kidnapping for ransom happens a lot.
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                                  • jjgold
                                    SBR Aristocracy
                                    • 07-20-05
                                    • 388179

                                    #18
                                    sad story

                                    I loved Tony
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                                    • USCPHILLYGUY
                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                      • 12-15-12
                                      • 21746

                                      #19
                                      Wonder what a Costa Rican jail is like?
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                                      • PD77
                                        SBR MVP
                                        • 12-11-09
                                        • 2380

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by HedgeHog
                                        Can't help but wonder if 5D would still be serving the US market had this never happened.
                                        I think so, Tony lived for giving the feds the finger. The only reason I can think that his widow settled is so she can set foot on US soil, and their kids, but who knows. Settling with the Feds effectively ended 5Dimes and took SBR down with it.
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                                        • Goat Milk
                                          BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                          • 03-24-10
                                          • 25850

                                          #21
                                          RIP Tony, appreciate all you did
                                          Cause Sleep is the Cousin of Death
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                                          • MinnesotaFats
                                            SBR Posting Legend
                                            • 12-18-10
                                            • 14758

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by USCPHILLYGUY
                                            Wonder what a Costa Rican jail is like?
                                            They're pretty dingy. Spent 6 hours in Jaco jail
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                                            • USCPHILLYGUY
                                              SBR Posting Legend
                                              • 12-15-12
                                              • 21746

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by MinnesotaFats
                                              They're pretty dingy. Spent 6 hours in Jaco jail
                                              Oh boy. Gotta hear this story
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                                              • DwightShrute
                                                SBR Aristocracy
                                                • 01-17-09
                                                • 103316

                                                #24
                                                lets hope his time in prison will be hell
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                                                • Mike Huntertz
                                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                                  • 08-19-09
                                                  • 11207

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by MinnesotaFats
                                                  They're pretty dingy. Spent 6 hours in Jaco jail
                                                  Drunk and disorderly?
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                                                  • JIBBBY
                                                    SBR Aristocracy
                                                    • 12-10-09
                                                    • 83686

                                                    #26
                                                    Tony should have been packing heat living his life style and in Costa Rica of all places. Go out firing during the kidnapping attempt. I would never let anyone kidnap me as I'd rather die first.

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                                                    • MinnesotaFats
                                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                                      • 12-18-10
                                                      • 14758

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by USCPHILLYGUY
                                                      Oh boy. Gotta hear this story
                                                      Eh...just drunk at a club 4am. Took a header down a flight of stairs onto Pator Diaz Ave.

                                                      Guess I was pretty much blacked out. Couldn't speak.

                                                      Was for my own safety.
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                                                      • hehfest
                                                        SBR Hall of Famer
                                                        • 09-28-08
                                                        • 7934

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by Ian
                                                        I didn't know the suspects had been caught... or even that there were suspects. Thanks for posting this, Optional. I wonder if this was an inside job... Kenny Ford Dowman doesn't sound like the name of a Costa Rican. An internet search didn't give any info on his level of involvement.
                                                        It does sound like...............My homey Kenny Fo
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                                                        • dlowilly
                                                          SBR Posting Legend
                                                          • 11-09-16
                                                          • 13862

                                                          #29
                                                          There was never a body, just dna evidence, correct?

                                                          I remember just when they were starting to use Bitcoin I had a large sum to cash out. Chatted with tony and I asked if I could get it in Bitcoin (would have been about 10000 Bitcoin at the time) and he refused saying I would have to make deposits in Bitcoin first. Ah what could have been. But of course I would have had to keep it, not store it in mt gox, and avoid all the free fall panic selling along the way.

                                                          Anyway, if there was no body found I still think he could be somewhere with a load of Bitcoin.
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                                                          • Fidel_CashFlow
                                                            SBR Aristocracy
                                                            • 12-03-12
                                                            • 53970

                                                            #30
                                                            He had to of thought when he was first being kidnapped that it was someone

                                                            that he had threatened at one point , as he constantly had screenshots taken of him doing that

                                                            R.I.P though
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                                                            • TheMoneyShot
                                                              BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                                              • 02-14-07
                                                              • 28672

                                                              #31
                                                              Always wondered why Tony was singled out? Why not any other book owner?
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                                                              • unluckysob
                                                                SBR MVP
                                                                • 05-21-08
                                                                • 1527

                                                                #32
                                                                Tony was a great American. I don't care where he lived. Greatest sports book ever. Other books bore me.
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                                                                • Optional
                                                                  Administrator
                                                                  • 06-10-10
                                                                  • 61575

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by dlowilly
                                                                  There was never a body, just dna evidence, correct?

                                                                  I remember just when they were starting to use Bitcoin I had a large sum to cash out. Chatted with tony and I asked if I could get it in Bitcoin (would have been about 10000 Bitcoin at the time) and he refused saying I would have to make deposits in Bitcoin first. Ah what could have been. But of course I would have had to keep it, not store it in mt gox, and avoid all the free fall panic selling along the way.

                                                                  Anyway, if there was no body found I still think he could be somewhere with a load of Bitcoin.
                                                                  Where did that come from?

                                                                  He was found buried in a cemetery about a year after he went missing. Looked like he had been held quite a while due to hair length. Autopsy found that he died of asphyxiation from pressure on the neck.



                                                                  This guy pled guilty.

                                                                  There is still 10 more people to be tried.
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                                                                  • unde0087
                                                                    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                                                    • 03-27-08
                                                                    • 28954

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by Optional
                                                                    Where did that come from?

                                                                    He was found buried in a cemetery about a year after he went missing. Looked like he had been held quite a while due to hair length. Autopsy found that he died of asphyxiation from pressure on the neck.



                                                                    This guy pled guilty.

                                                                    There is still 10 more people to be tried.
                                                                    33 years for a kidnap, murder, you have to be shitting me. They should just put a bullet in that piece of shit.
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                                                                    • stevenash
                                                                      Moderator
                                                                      • 01-17-11
                                                                      • 65598

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by Brock Landers
                                                                      his attitude and treatment of people probably led to his downfall

                                                                      i always had good interactions with him, but i heard more than a few stories of him being nothing short of a total dick to people just because he could
                                                                      I remember having a chat with Tony for like 15 minutes about Little League World Series of all things.
                                                                      Topics like LLWS run lines etc. all sorts of things.

                                                                      He was extremely intelligent and knowledgeable.

                                                                      All in all I had about six chats with the man at 5D

                                                                      One particular chat was regarding a misgrade.
                                                                      I dreaded making the call for fear he was going to bite my head off, but I was right.
                                                                      I entered the conversation showing nothing but total respect for what he does, firm but polite and respectful.

                                                                      Yadda, yadda, yadda, end result, he corrected the mistake, gave me nothing but respect in return, and was totally friendly throughout.

                                                                      If you entered a dispute with him like this "Listen here you little thief"
                                                                      You're dead in the water.

                                                                      It's all in the approach.
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