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Decades after the Gardner heist, focus on guard Boston Globe March 10, 2013"Abath vehemently denies he had any bad intentions in opening the museum door. 'I did it to make sure for myself that the door was securely locked,' Abath said. 'I don’t know what the others did, but I was trained to do it that way.' He said security logs would show that he tested the door on other nights as well. The FBI seized the logs, but has declined to comment on what they show." https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2013/03/09/was-anyone-watching-the-gardner-museum-watchman FBI says it has identified the thieves in Gardner Museum heist; paintings’ location still unknown Boston Globe March 18, 2013
"Officials said at a Boston news conference they would not release the names of the individuals who masqueraded as police officers to gain entry in the early-morning robbery at the Gardner exactly 23 years ago. DesLauriers said that because the investigation is continuing it would be “imprudent’’ to disclose their names or the name of the criminal organization. He said the probe was in its 'final chapter.'" https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2013/03/18/fbi-says-it-has-identified-the-thieves-in-gardner-museum-heist-paintings-location-still-unknown FBI: We know who carried out greatest art heist in American history Fox News March 18, 2013
"They were clever in how they got into the museum," FBI Gardner heist lead investigator Geoff Kelly said, "but the working profile points to inexperienced art thieves." https://web.archive.org/web/20130318233720/https://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/18/fbi-know-who-did-580m-boston-art-heist/ A New Effort in Boston to Catch 1990 Art Thieves By Katharine Q. Seelye and Tom Mashberg March 18, 2013 March 19, 2013
"Still, in an interview after the announcement, FBI Gardner heist lead investigator Geoff Kelly said he was fully confident that the F.B.I. knew the identities of the men who broke into the museum. He gave no additional information and would not say whether they were dead or alive."
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/us/fbi-says-it-has-clues-in-1990-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-heist.html
FBI Says It Has Identified Thieves In Gardner Art Heist by WBUR Newsroom March 18,2013
"In 2010, this investigation accelerated," he said. "FBI agents developed crucial pieces of evidence that confirmed the identify of those who entered the museum and others associated with the theft who belonged to a criminal organization."
https://www.wbur.org/news/2013/03/18/fbi-campaign-gardner-museum-heist "NECN Mike Nikitas Interview of Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) of the Boston Division of the FBI Richard DesLauriers" March 19, 2013
"We have made significant investigative progress over the past two or three years, since 2010 it has really ramped up our activity and given us some investigative leads that we're pursuing right now, so this was a good time for us to do a public announcment to refresh the public's recollection of this crime." http://nbclim-download.edgesuite.net//Prod//NBCU_LM_VMS_-_NECN//456//90//031913_GardnerMuseum_Broadside-E_NECN1500kMP4.mp4 "Why Aren’t The Boston Dailies Asking About The Gardner Guard?" It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town March 20, 2013
https://itsgoodtoliveinatwodailytown.com/2013/03/20/why-arent-the-boston-dailies-asking-about-the-gardener-guard/ "Experts say stolen Gardner Museum art likely to be found" Associated Press March 20, 2013
"Art theft experts say now that authorities believe they know who stole $500 million worth of art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the chances of getting the paintings back are surprisingly good."
https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2013/03/20/experts-chances-recovering-boston-art/49021306007/ Learning From the Gardner Art Theft By Ulrich Boser by March 22, 2013 Ulrich Boser New York Times March 22, 2013 "Over the years, it hasn’t seemed as if federal investigators have always made the case a top priority. When I first started reporting on the theft, for instance, the museum’s director, Anne Hawley, suggested that she had not always been satisfied with the bureau’s commitment to the case. Ms. Hawley, the director since 1989, said that the first agent assigned to the case seemed very green. “Why didn’t the F.B.I. have the capacity to assign a senior-level person?” she asked me in 2007. “Why was it not considered something that needed immediate and high-level attention?” https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/opinion/the-lessons-of-the-1990-gardner-art-theft.html FBI Provides New Information Regarding the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Art Heist FBI Press Release March 18, 2013 "The FBI believes it has determined where the stolen art was transported in the years after the theft and that it knows the identity of the thieves, Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston office, revealed for the first time in the 23-year investigation. 'The FBI believes with a high degree of confidence that in the years after the theft, the art was transported to Connecticut and the Philadelphia region, and some of the art was taken to Philadelphia, where it was offered for sale by those responsible for the theft.' DesLauriers added, 'With that same confidence, we have identified the thieves, who are members of a criminal organization with a base in the Mid-Atlantic states and New England.'” https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/boston/press-releases/2013/fbi-provides-new-information-regarding-the-1990-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-heist FBI: We know who pulled off Gardner art heist by Laurel J. Sweet Boston Herald March 19, 2013 "'It was my speciality, and I didn’t have an inkling of it,' FBI Art Crime Team Founder Robert Wittman said of the attempted sale, cautioning that, like the other 'morsels' released yesterday, it may be nothing more than 'camouflage' for the FBI’s true intent." https://www.bostonherald.com/2013/03/19/fbi-we-know-who-pulled-off-gardner-art-heist/
The FBI recently announced it knows the identity of the Gardner Museum art heist theives. Click on the circles below to learn about some of the prime suspects. Boston Globe March 19, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130323075931/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/03/19/latest-phase-gardner-heist-inquiry-was-based-tip-investigator-says/x8oNxDHdPBr8aYBmP8ipfO/igraphic.html
Philly connection to Gardner Museum heist By Kevin Cullen Boston Globe March 22, 2013 "So, 23 years after the Gardner Museum gets robbed, the feds think the art heist was pulled off by a combination of wiseguys from Boston and Philadelphia."https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/03/21/the-philly-boys/nY41zzz4han2hVYfs3zWdN/story.html WBUR FBI March 18, 2013 Press Conference (Audio) REMOVED
https://soundcloud.com/wbur/fbi-says-it-has-identified FBI Identifies Thieves In 1990 Gardner Museum Art Heist WBZ Radio March 18, 2013
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/03/18/fbi-to-announce-developments-in-1990-gardner-museum-art-heist/ FBI Says It Has Identified Thieves In Gardner Art Heist WBUR March 18, 2013
https://www.wbur.org/artery/2013/03/18/fbi-campaign-gardner-museum-heist U.S. Attorney District of Massachusetts Press Release March 18, 2013 https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/fbi-provides-new-information-regarding-1990-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art Investigators say they identified culprits in Gardner Museum theft, tracked art to Philadelphia decade ago Boston Globe March 18, 2013 "Richard DesLauriers, the FBI special agent in charge of the Boston office, would not identify those involved in the heist, saying it would hinder the ongoing investigation. But he said that knowing the identity of the culprits has 'been opening other doors' as federal agents continue their search for the missing artwork." https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2013/03/18/investigators-say-they-identified-culprits-in-gardner-museum-theft-tracked-art-to-philadelphia-decade-ago Gardner Museum Thefts: FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauriers March 18, 2013 https://youtu.be/EyNdZmrqNFE?t=47 Gardner Museum Thefts: Special Agent Geoff Kelly March 18, 2013 https://youtu.be/noX0jW9E6NU Tip from a citizen in 2010 led to blockbuster developments Boston Herald March 19, 2013 "Anthony Amore, the museum’s director of security, told the Herald today it was a tip from a citizen in 2010 who called in with “new information about some matters that we had been looking into” that ultimately led to yesterday’s blockbuster developments." https://www.bostonherald.com/2013/03/19/fbi-reports-tips-pouring-in-over-gardner-heist/ "Tips pour in on art theft 2010 call gave investigation lift" The latest, exhausty phase in the inquiry is based on a tip that a caller made to authorities in 2010, according to Anthony Amore, the Gardner Museum’s head of security and chief investigator. He said Tuesday that the tip was so fruitful — leading to the announcement that investigators know the identities of the thieves and could trace the art from Boston to Connecticut and Philadelphia
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2013/03/20/tips-pour-in-on-art-theft/ The FBI’s Art Heist Flimflam
Christopher Dickey on the supposed “new information” unearthed by the FBI in the Gardner Museum art theft. The Daily Beast March 19, 2013 https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fbis-art-heist-flimflam New Effort to Catch 1990 Art Thieves New York Times March 19, 2013
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/us/fbi-says-it-has-clues-in-1990-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-heist.html Interview with US Attorney Carmen Ortiz and Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauriers by Emily Rooney March 19, 2013 http://video.wgbh.org/video/2350841761/ REMOVED by WGBH. From the interview: Richard Deslauriers, FBI Boston SAIC: We're not in a position to identify those responsible, Emily.
Emily Rooney: Why not?
Richard Deslauriers: Because it would hinder our ongoing investigation. It would hinder our ability to vet new information and to analyze new information as it is coming in. 3/19/2013 NECN Mike Nikitas Interview of Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Boston Division of the FBI Richard DesLauriers March 19, 2013
Nitkitas: Whitey Bulger got arrested a year and half ago have you ever talked to him about this, asked him whether he knows anything about it?
DesLauriers: No.
Nitkitas: You haven't?
DesLauriers: No.
Nitkitas: You think it wouldn't be worth doing that?
DesLauriers: No. There's no connection to the Bulger investigation.
Nitkitas: Does he. maybe he knew of the theft?
DesLauriers: There's no connection to the Bulger investigation. http://nbclim-download.edgesuite.net//Prod//NBCU_LM_VMS_-_NECN//456//90//031913_GardnerMuseum_Broadside-E_NECN1500kMP4.mp4 Learning From the Gardner Art Theft by Ulrich Boser New York Times March 21, 2013 "Over the years, it hasn’t seemed as if federal investigators have always made the case a top priority. When I first started reporting on the theft, for instance, the museum’s director, Anne Hawley, suggested that she had not always been satisfied with the bureau’s commitment to the case. Ms. Hawley, the director since 1989, said that the first agent assigned to the case seemed very green. 'Why didn’t the F.B.I. have the capacity to assign a senior-level person?' she asked me in 2007. 'Why was it not considered something that needed immediate and high-level attention?'” https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/opinion/the-lessons-of-the-1990-gardner-art-theft.html Ulrich Boser interview Christian Science Monitor March 22, 2013 https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0322/Gardner-heist-Journalist-Ulrich-Boser-discusses-the-history-behind-the-famous-theft CNN Anderson Cooper 360 report, segment includes Rick Abath on camera interview March 24, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ7Y_U7ppp0 Transcript of CNN Anderson Cooper 360 report, segment on the Gardner Heist, it includes Rick Abath on camera interview March 24, 2013 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1303/24/acd.01.html "A sense of urgency on Gardner Museum art recovery Works are at risk of being lost forever, observers say" Boston Globe March 25, 2013"
Falsely reports "the probe initially centered on a crew from Dorchester with ties to the New England Mafia." It was about the time that Kurkjian started his 2015 book on the Gardner Heist, Master Thieves, and there is not a single word about the investigation focusing on a crew from Dorchester until 1998.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/03/24/observers-investigators-say-now-time-find-gardner-art-before-lost/Z4HQc74zz6ek7QWOcZvNsO/story.html Gardner Heist Video by the Boston Globe March 25, 2013 https://d32e4p2yfip7hy.cloudfront.net/wp-bostonglobe/2018/07/06/5b3fe54de4b0fe8d9f27609d/5b40cb43e4b083f77c085618_1466500469229-xjc7df_t_1530972997992_1920_1080_5400.mp4 FBI hopes billboards here [Lancaster, Pennsylvania] can help catch art thieves Staff LancasterOnline Mar 27, 2013 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/us/fbi-says-it-has-clues-in-1990-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-heist.html Expert Doubts Philly Mob's Stolen Gardner Art Connection March 28, 2013
“I sat next to the organized crime squad guys,” [Former FBI Special Agnet Robert] Wittman said in a telephone interview from his suburban Philadelphia office this week. “If they had heard anything, I would have known about it. We didn’t hear a thing.”
https://www.bigtrial.net/2013/03/expert-doubts-philly-mobs-art-connection.html Robert Gentile gets 30-month sentence on gun, drug charges, UPI May 9, 2013 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/05/09/Gentile-gets-30-month-sentence-on-gun-drug-charges/48851368125929/?ur3=1 Mobster With Suspected Links To Boston Museum Heist Gets 30-Month Sentence On Gun, Drug Charges Hartford Courant May 9 2013 https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-xpm-2013-05-09-hc-gentile-sentence-0510-20130508-story.html Robert Gentile gets 30-month sentence on gun, drug charges, UPI May 9, 2013 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/05/09/Gentile-gets-30-month-sentence-on-gun-drug-charges/48851368125929/?ur3=1 A Hartford Wise Guy [Robert Gentile] And A $500 Million Museum Heist — Hartford Courant May 18, 2013 https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-gardner-gentile-0513-20130518-story.html Review Of the 2013-2014 Sophie Calle Exhibit at the Gardner Museum October 24-2013 to March 3, 2014 New York Times July 26, 2013 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/arts/design/loss-that-lingers-in-memory-and-place.html Framing Absence: [Sophie Calle] Exhibit Inspired By Notorious Art Heist Opens At The Gardner WBUR October 25, 2013 https://www.wbur.org/artery/2013/10/25/last-seen-gardner December 2013 WGBH Interiew of Anne Hawley and Geoff Kelly by Emily Rooney December 4, 2013 https://youtu.be/WwnQs1BvvlU?t=51 Transcript of December 4 2013 WGBH Interiew of Anne Hawley and Geoff Kelly by Emily Rooney December 4, 2013 https://www.wgbh.org/news/post/gardner-heist-update-museum-got-threats-after-theft-fbi-needs-publics-help BBC's Alastair Sooke "The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings" Aired 12/21/2013 Begins and ends with the Gardner heist, discusses some other cases also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLYJkCct5G8&feature=youtu.be&t=138 BC's Alastair Sooke "The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings" Aired 12/21/2013 —Tom Mashberg Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLYJkCct5G8&feature=youtu.be&t=1589 BBC's Alastair Sooke "The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings" Aired 12/21/2013 —Myles Connor Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLYJkCct5G8&feature=youtu.be&t=2005 BBC's Alastair Sooke "The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings" Aired 12/21/2013 —Geoff Kelly Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLYJkCct5G8&feature=youtu.be&t=3261 US prosecutor in ‘Whitey’ Bulger case steps down US prosecutor takes position with Boston law firm Boston Globe December 9, 2013 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2013/12/09/brian-kelly-federal-prosecutor-whitey-bulger-case-and-political-corruption-cases-leaves-attorney-office/DhA3BAs991nkUJhmNHYyhL/story.html The FBI’s Desperate Gambit by Matt Connolly Patriot Ledger March 25, 2013 https://mattofboston.com/the-fbis-desperate-gambit-23771/ Holy Caramba! The FBI’s Gardner Museum Hoax Continues by Matt Connolly Patriot Ledger May 23, 2014 https://mattofboston.com/holy-caramba-the-fbis-gardner-museum-hoax-continues-90213 All 2013 Video Links
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