Master Thieves (24 page)

Index

Abath, Richard “Rick,”
38–48
,
52 (photo)
,
57

Boston police and FBI questioning of,
60

discovery of, in museum basement,
59

explanation for opening museum's outside door and,
55–56

FBI lie detector test and,
94

as FBI suspect in heist,
53–56

grand jury testimony of,
54

lie detector tests and,
54–55

as night watchman on night of Gardner Museum heist, handcuffed, wrapped in duct tape, and subdued in museum basement,
45–46
,
48

as night watchman on night of Gardner Museum heist, ignoring protocol and allowing men dressed as police to enter museum,
43–44
,
56

pride in ability to avoid having footsteps picked up on motion detector and,
54

promise of reward from thieves for compliance and,
46
,
56

public complaints about security system by,
46–48

sketchy details of heist provided to authorities by,
46

Abrams, George S.,
106–107

Adams National Historic Site theft (Quincy, MA),
159

Amore, Anthony,
53
,
73–74
,
89–91
,
126
,
142
,
144
,
145
,
178
,
207–208

Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists
(with Mashberg),
91

Angiulo, Gennaro “Jerry,”
185–186
,
193–194

Angiulo family,
185
,
188
,
193
,
215

Armored car headquarters heist plan (Easton, MA),
159–171

Art Loss Register,
110–111
,
114

Art theft squad, FBI,
100–101
,
108–109

Auction houses, stolen art and,
110–112

Bacon, Francis,
Three Studies of Lucian Freud,
50

Baione, Larry.
See
Zannino, Ilario

Barndollar, Ronald,
118–119
,
121

Barnes Museum,
221

Beauchamp, Robert,
161

Berenson, Bernard,
49

Berghman, Earle,
142–143
,
144–145
,
204

Big Dig (Boston),
158–159

Board of trustees.
See
Gardner Museum board of trustees

Bok, Derek,
106

Bok, Sisella,
106

Boston Archdiocese, clergy sex abuse scandal in,
xix

Boston Globe,
xix
,
20
,
36–37
,
63
,
172
,
186

FBI press conference (2013) and,
130

reward of $1 million for return of paintings from writer of anonymous letters and,
79–80

Boston Globe Sunday Magazine,
107

Boston Herald,
63
,
209

”WE'VE SEEN IT: Informant Shows Reporter Apparent Stolen Masterpiece,”
68–69

Boston Marathon bombing,
84
,
131
,
178
,
183
,
218–219
,
220

Boston mob,
185–190

FBI informants in,
187

formal induction ceremony of,
186–188

formal induction ceremony of, and FBI bugging,
187–188

Gardner Museum heist and,
208–212

US Department of Justice and,
198

war between two crime rings of (Salemme faction and Ferrara/Carrozza/Russo faction),
188–189
,
189–190
,
193
,
194–195

See also
specific members

Boston police

artist sketches of robbers and,
47 (photo)

FBI refusal to work with,
92–93
,
96–97
,
99

questioning of Abath by,
60

Boston Public Library,
221

Boston's Big Dig,
158–159

Brockton, MA, home theft, 1977,
107

Budd, Wayne,
96

Bulger, James “Whitey,”
xix
,
xx
,
83–84
,
97
,
115
,
183
,
186
,
209

efforts to locate Gardner heist thieves for tribute by,
94

Bulger, William,
83
,
209

Bush, George H. W.,
109

Butchka, William,
20

Cambridge, MA, home theft, 1973,
106–107

Canton, MA, home theft, 1990,
154–155
,
158

Caravaggio theft,
175

Carrozza, Robert,
187
.
See also under
Boston mob

Cassano, W. Thomas,
160

Cezanne theft,
113–114

Chagall theft,
12
,
18

Chatigny, Robert N.,
128
,
181

Cheers pub theft (Boston, 1991),
155

Chez Tortoni
(Manet),
52 (photo)
,
53
,
58
,
160–161

Chicofsky, Richard “Fat Richie,”
163–164

Chinese beaker from Shang era,
51

Christie's New York,
50

Civitali, Matteo

Virgin Adoring the Child,
3

Clark, Edward,
23–26

Clergy sex abuse scandal, in Boston Archdiocese,
xix

Cohasset, MA, home theft, 1978,
107

The Concert
(Vermeer),
xvii (photo)
,
50–51
,
73
,
115
,
120
,
137
,
139
,
183

Connecticut, as possible location of stolen Gardner art,
113
,
129
,
130
,
131–132

Connolly, John,
209

Connor, Myles, Jr.,
64
,
70
,
72
,
93–94
,
139
,
157
,
162
,
190
,
210

The Art of the Heist,
200

theory of Gardner heist and,
199–200

Cowley, Kenneth,
88–89

Cronin, Neil,
64
,
159
,
160

armored car headquarters heist plan and,
170

Merlino and,
163–164

Crowdsourcing,
83–84
,
218

Cullity, Patrick,
58–59

Dali theft,
12
,
16–18

Degas theft,
51
,
52 (photo)

Della Volpe, John,
84–85

DeMarco, Robin,
58–59

DesLauriers, Richard,
90–91

FBI press conference (2013) and,
112–116
,
129–131
,
182
,
183
,
218–219

Gentile/Guarente/Turner theory of Gardner heist and,
138
,
178
,
181
,
182–183

DeVincent, Richard “The Pig,”
140

Devlin, Frank,
212

Devlin, Richard,
22
,
28
,
71
,
187 (photo)
,
210
,
211–212

DiGiacomo, Biagio,
187
,
188

DiMuzio, Leonard,
155–156

“Doctor No” figure,
xx

Donati, Lorraine,
205

Donati, Robert A. “Bobby,”
69
,
71
,
192
,
197 (photo)
,
201 (photo)

FBI and,
210

as FBI suspect,
198–199
,
199–205
,
218

Ferrara and,
192
,
196–199
,
205
,
206–207
,
215–217

Gentile/Guarente/Turner theory of Gardner heist and,
203–204

Guarente and,
203–204

murder of,
198
,
204–205

Salemme and,
205

stolen art and,
207–208

taser and police uniform incident at The Shack and,
201

Dukakis, Kitty,
97

Dukakis, Michael S.,
9
,
91–92
,
97

Durham, John,
121
,
128
,
133

El Greco theft,
107

Falzon, Daniel,
93
,
98

FBI

art theft squad and,
108–109

Boston Marathon bombing and,
84
,
131
,
178
,
183
,
218–219

Bulger (James “Whitey”) and,
xix
,
xx
,
83–84
,
97
,
115
,
183
,
186
,
209

deal brokering and white-collar crimes and,
135–138

manpower devoted to art theft investigation by,
107

public appeal by, in Bulger case,
83–84

FBI investigation of Gardner Museum heist,
xx–xxii
,
91–101

Abath and,
56
,
60

agents assigned to,
xxii

Amore and,
89–91

art theft squad and,
100–101

artist sketches of robbers and,
47 (photo)

bugging of formal induction ceremony of Boston mob and,
187–188

commitment of,
176

Donati and,
207–208
,
210

forensic analyst and,
95

French lead and,
100–101

Gentile and,
117–123
,
123–126
,
132–133
,
138

Gentile/Guarente/Turner theory and,
90
,
138–142
,
144–146
,
192
,
199
,
203–204
(
see also
Gardner Museum heist theories
)

immunity from prosecution for anyone facilitating return of stolen art (
see
Immunity from prosecution for return of stolen art
)

investigative strategies of,
20
,
97–98

investigative techniques of,
98–99

lack of success of,
xxii
,
217–220

leads on,
xxi–xxii
,
92–93
,
98
,
175–176

lie detector tests administered to Gardner night watchmen and,
94

longest unsolved art theft on Most Wanted List and,
175

as low priority,
xxii

manpower and,
92
,
93
,
176

museum employees and,
92

names of suspects,
116
,
130
,
157
,
160
,
210
(
see also
FBI Suspects in Gardner Museum heist
)

press conference (
see
FBI press conference on twenty-third anniversary of Gardner heist, 2013
)

psychics and,
98

public appeal and,
83–84
,
114–116
,
130–131
,
183
,
218–219

recovery of stolen art (
see
Stolen art recovery, Gardner heist
)

refusal to share information or responsibilities on the case with task force or federal or local police or other outside organizations and,
92–93
,
94–95
,
95–97
,
98–101

reward for information and,
138
(
see also
Reward of $5 million
)

Royce and,
27

statute of limitations on theft and,
176

theories of heist and,
xx–xxi
,
24–25
(
see also
Gardner Museum heist theories
)

warning to museum about possible heist and,
23–26

Youngworth and,
64–65
,
70
,
72
,
73

See also
specific FBI agents

FBI press conference on twenty-third anniversary of Gardner heist, 2013,
105–106
,
112–116
,
129–131
,
182

location of stolen art location given at,
129
,
130
,
131–132

names of suspects and,
130
(
see also
Gentile/Guarente/Turner theory of Gardner heist
)

public appeal and,
114–116
,
130–131
,
183
,
218–219

FBI suspects in Gardner Museum heist,
116
,
130
,
157
,
160
,
178
.
See also
Abath, Richard
;
Connor, Miles, Jr.
;
Donati, Robert
;
Gentile, Robert
;
Guarente, Robert
;
Joyce, Dicky
;
Merlino, Carmello
;
Reissfelder, George
;
Rossetti, Stephen
;
Royce, Louis
;
Turner; David
;
Youngworth, William

Ferrara, Vincent A.,
186
,
187
,
191
,
192–193
,
195–196
,
197 (photo)
,
210

Gentile and,
216–217

release from prison and,
205–206