The FBI believes members of an East Coast criminal gang are responsible for the 1990 theft of $500 million in art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Officials today offered a $5 million reward for help in recovering the items.
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Richard Deslauriers of the FBI said Monday that the agency has identified the thieves in the 1990 Gardner Museum heist.
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“I think we’re all optimistic that one day soon the paintings would be returned to their rightful place,” US Attorney Carmen Ortiz said.
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There is a $5 million reward offered in the case for information leading to the recovery of the items in good condition.
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Clockwise from left, “The storm on the Sea of Galilee” by Rembrandt, “Chez Tortoni” by Manet, and “La sortie de pesage” by Edgar Degas.
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Now 46 and living in Vermont, Richard Abath worked as a guard at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum when it was robbed in 1990.
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Authorities searched the Connecticut home of reputed mobster Robert Gentile in May 2012, but did not find the artworks.
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Globe critic Sebastian Smee delves into the significance of each of the 13 valuable works of art stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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St. Patrick’s Day paradesWhat began as an observation of the anniversary of Evacuation Day in 1901 morphed along the way into a celebration of Boston’s Irish traditions.
