Do authorities have a lead on one of the biggest unsolved heists of all time?
Law enforcement officials today searched the Manchester, Connecticut home of Robert Gentile, a 75-year-old alleged mobster and a man they believe has information about the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art theft, in which 13 masterpieces were stolen.Gentile, a reputed associate of Boston capo Robert Luisi, was arrested in February for possession and sale of prescription painkillers. A subsequent search of his home by FBI agents turned up what a federal judge described as a “veritable arsenal” including pistols, a shotgun, silencers, ammunition, and brass knuckles, according to The Hartford Courant. Weapons charges were filed against Gentile last month.
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