Feds: Alleged Mobster Has Info on Boston Art Heist

The FBI believes a Manchester man was involved in Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist.

On one night in March 1990, two people dressed as Boston police officers went into the Boston museum, handcuffed the guards, brought them to the basement and stole 13 pieces of priceless art.

The thieves stole more than half a billion dollars in masterworks by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Manet and other famous artists.

The largest art theft in history has never been solved and the FBI believes an alleged mobster from Manchester, Connecticut was involved in the heist, a federal prosecutor has revealed.

The Hartford Courant reports that Assistant U.S. Attorney John Durham said Tuesday that government investigators believe that Robert Gentile, 75, has information about the case.

Durham's comments came during a hearing in federal court in Hartford, where Gentile was unsuccessful in an attempt to bail himself out of jail while awaiting trial on a drug arrest. Durham didn't elaborate his claims.

Gentile's lawyer said his client doesn't know anything about the stolen art.

The museum is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to recovery of the irreplaceable works.

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