One-Time Notorious Jewel Thief Teams Up With TV Mobsters to Show How to Protect Most Precious Jewels in the Home - Your Children PR Newswire -- March 17, 2003 'I Would Never Burglarize a Home if I Knew Children Lived There,' Says Walter Shaw WHO: One-time world's most notorious jewel thief, Walter T. Shaw, who's now advising homeowners how to protect their homes against burglars and intruders; Walter's actor buddies from cast of "Sopranos" and mob film hits "Casino" and "Goodfellas"; Sherry Friedlander, founder of "A Child is Missing." WHAT: Shaw will present check to "A Child is Missing", a non-profit organization that assists police in recovering missing children, and advises homeowners how to stop intruders from breaking into homes and kidnapping children. Shaw says burglary is much more likely than a terrorist attack. Duct tape won't stop kidnappers. He will show how the public can better protect property, including the most precious jewels of all -- children. Gift to "A Child is Missing" is from proceeds from his DVD, "It Took a Thief to Stop a Thief." Friedlander to accept it on behalf of 857,000 children who went missing last year. Cannoli & coffee served. WHEN: 10:30 AM, Wednesday, March 19 WHERE: St. Regis Hotel, 55th & Fifth Ave. (In Library) NOTE TO EDITORS: Suggest: Leave The Gun; Take The Cannoli. (Scenes From "The Godfather" Were Shot At St. Regis) CONTACT: Carolina Lammersdorf, +1-561-750-9800, ext. 33, or cell, +1-561-449-3345, or CLammersdorf@transmediagroup.com, or Glen Calder, +1-561-750-9800, ext. 16, or GCalder@transmediagorup.com, or Tom Madden, +1-561-750-9800, ext. 11, or cell, +1-561-309-4578, or TMadden@transmediagroup.com, all for Walter T. Shaw. SOURCE Walter T. Shaw -0- 03/17/2003 /PRNewswire -- March 17/ /Web site: http://www.allfornothin.com / CO: Walter T. Shaw; "A Child is Missing" ST: New York IN: ENT FLM SU: MAV NPT CHI KH-KW -- FLM012 -- 9444 03/17/2003 10:43 EST http://www.prnewswire.com