Master Thieves (26 page)

Immunity from prosecution for return of stolen art,
65
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68
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70
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79
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98
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116
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136
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176

Merlino and,
162

Turner and,
172

International Foundation for Art Research, NYC,
107

Internet,
83

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
See
Gardner Museum

Italy,
107
,
175

John Paul II,
83

Joyce, Dicky,
157

Jozapaitis, John J.,
71

Keller, Steven,
35–36
,
53
,
108

Kelly, Brian,
124

Kelly, Geoffrey,
90–91
,
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,
99
,
100
,
142
,
145
,
148
,
178
,
207–208
,
210

theory of Gardner heist and,
178–183

Kennedy, Edward M.,
83
,
108

Kerry, John F.,
99
,
136
,
160

Kroger, JonPaul,
55–56

A Lady and Gentleman in Black
(Rembrandt),
49
,
73
,
120
,
139

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ
(Raphael),
2
,
21–22
,
25

Landscape with an Obelisk
(Rembrandt),
50
,
51

Lawton, James,
121
,
122–123

Leibovitz, Annie,
110

Lenzner, Terry,
95–96

Leppo, Martin,
72
,
157
,
158
,
201–202

Merlino and,
162
,
163

Limoli, Vincent “Jimmy,”
195

Lowenthal, Constance,
107

Luisi, Robert, Jr.,
131–132
,
141

MacAleese, Karen,
157

Manet, Edouard

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

Markle, Peter,
119

Marks, James,
142

Martignette, Charles G.,
86–88

The Great American Pin-up
(Martignette),
87

Mashberg, Tom,
63–75
,
83
,
91

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

Storm on the Sea of Galilee
believed to be replica and,
69
,
73–74

viewing of
Storm on the Sea
in Brooklyn warehouse by,
67–70
,
67 (photo)
,
73

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

Youngworth as Gardner stolen art recovery lead and,
63–75

Massachusetts, museum and home thefts in,
106–108
,
109

Massachusetts Department of Correction,
161

Massachusetts State House, Bay Colony Charter document theft,
64

Massachusetts state police

FBI refusal to work with,
96
,
99

Turner and,
150–152

Mauras, Donna Reissfelder,
160–161

Mawn, Barry,
73

Maxfield theft,
107

McAuliffe, William P.,
30–31
,
31–32
,
33
,
35
,
37
,
38

McCarthy, Francis J.,
96

McGuigan, A. Ryan,
118
,
119–120
,
121–122
,
127

search of Gentile's house in Manchester (CT) and,
123–125

Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, November 1989, heist,
93–94

Melvin, James,
219–220

Mercurio, Angelo “Sonny,”
186
,
195

Merlino, Billy,
166
,
168
,
169

Merlino, Carmello,
86
,
99
,
139
,
151
,
155
,
162–168
,
203
,
210

armored car headquarters heist plan and,
159–160
,
163–169

four-year sentence in state prison for drug trafficking and,
162

immunity and reward and,
162

Kelly's theory of Gardner heist and,
178
,
179

Nadolski and,
163–166

Reissfelder and,
161–162

Romano and,
159–160
,
162–166

Turner and,
156
,
160
,
163
,
171

Miller, William L.,
31

Mob.
See
Boston mob

Monday, Florian “Al,”
135–138

Monticelli theft,
107

Mueller, Robert S.,
99–100

Mulvey, Joseph M.,
40

Murphy, Bishop William F.,
83

Murray, John,
60

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

theft attempt (1975),
200–202

theft attempt (February 1989),
29–31

theft from (1970s),
106

theft of Rembrandt (1973),
64

Nadolski, David,
159

Merlino and armored car headquarters heist plan and,
163–166

New Scotland Yard,
95

New York Times,
37
,
63
,
74

Nichols, John “Joey,”
86–88

O'Brien, Larry,
57–58
,
58–59

Ontario, Canada,
84

Organized crime.
See
Boston mob

Ortiz, Carmen,
112
,
116

Papasadero, Paul,
136–138

Pappas, Charles “Chewie,”
149
,
151
,
152
,
155–156
,
179

murder of,
156–157
,
158
,
162

Patriarca, Raymond,
185
,
193
,
215

Patriarca, Raymond, Jr.,
185–186
,
186–187
,
188
,
194

Patriarca family,
188
,
192

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

Pierce, Patricia Jobe,
109

Police department.
See
Boston police

Police officers in US, manpower devoted to art theft investigation by,
107

Pollock, Jackson,
106–107

Portrait of Lock Rollinson of Chadlington
(Ramsay),
110–112

Potts, Larry,
96

Radcliffe, Julian,
114

Ramsay, Allan

Portrait of Lock Rollinson of Chadlington,
110–112

Ranalli, Ralph,
209

Raphael

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ,
2
,
21–22
,
25

Recovery of stolen art.
See
Stolen art recovery

Reissfelder, George,
160–162

Rembrandt,
70–71
,
91
,
106
,
107

Girl with a Fur-Trimmed Cloak,
200–202

A Lady and Gentleman in Black,
49
,
73
,
120
,
139

Landscape with an Obelisk,
50
,
51

miniature self-portrait sketch,
24
,
120–121

paint chips to verify authenticity of recovered painting by,
69
,
72–73
,
143
,
180

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
(Rembrandt),
xvi (photo)
,
49
,
67–70
,
73–74
,
115
,
120
,
137
,
142–143
,
183

Reward of $5 million (for return of Gardner Museum stolen art),
98
,
100
,
115
,
116
,
123
,
176

Chicofsky and,
164

Ferrara and,
207
,
216

Gentile and,
118
,
148

Guarente and,
118
,
188

Guarente's daughter and,
143

Guarente's wife and,
138

Merlino and,
162

Youngworth and,
162

Rice, Dan,
59

Rieff, David,
110–112

Rokoszynski, Jurek,
85–89

Romano, Anthony, Jr.

armored car headquarters heist plan and,
159–160
,
164–168

Merlino and,
159–160
,
162–166

Roquefort, Donny “The Hat,”
201

Rossetti, Mark,
28

Rossetti, Ralph,
12
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18
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21
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26
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28
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150
,
177
,
210–211

Rossetti, Stephen “Stevie,”
12
,
18
,
150
,
157
,
167 (photo)
,
177
,
179
,
210–211
,
212

armored car headquarters heist plan and,
166–171
,
189

Big Dig and,
158–159

forty-year prison sentence and,
28

Guarente and,
140

Rossetti family,
188–189
,
210

Rossetti gang,
28
,
47
,
70
,
71
,
177
,
189

Newton home break-in and,
12–18

Turner and,
130

Royce, Louis,
1–28
,
8 (photo)
,
157
,
177–178
,
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199
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,
220

abilities of, as thief,
7

botched robbery attempt/gunshot wound (1980) and,
13

as boy of the streets,
6

boyhood years of,
2–6

brutal attack against, at a Quincy halfway house,
27

casing of Gardner Museum by,
22

criminal record of, as twelve-year-old,
18–19

early life of crime and,
6–7

in East Boston gang,
6

family secret regarding paternity and,
3–6
,
28

FBI warning to Gardner Museum of heist plan and,
23–26

as gay man,
7

imprisonment of, for masterminding scheme to kidnap and hold for ransom Boston restaurant owner,
18

interview with author and,
18–19

at Jacques (bar in Boston),
11

kidnapping and extortion of banker and family in Lincoln, RI, in early 1970s by,
8–9

loyalty of,
7

in Massachusetts state prison (1960s),
9

as master thief who studied how to rob Gardner Museum,
19–20

Newton home break-in and Rossetti gang and,
12–18

Newton home break-in by, and FBI arrest,
18

Newton home break-in by, and plan to sell stolen art,
15–18

Newton home break-in by, and stashing of stolen art and,
13–15

Newton home break-in by, and stolen art recovery,
18
,
23

Newton home break-in planning by,
11–13

as original planner of Gardner heist,
27

as owner of A-Z Trading (rundown antiques shop in Hyde Park),
14

parole from state prison and,
1

parole violation (2014) and,
26–27

percentage of profits of theft and,
19

petty crimes during youth and,
3

plan to rob Gardner Museum and,
20–23

reasons for wanting Gardner case solved and,
19

release from state prison (2007) and,
26

reputation as breaking and entering “artist” and,
13

reward and,
27

robbery attempt on Gardner Museum with cherry-picker by,
22

Rockland Trust Company heist (1981) while on furlough from minimum security facility in Plymouth, MA, and,
9–11

in Rossetti gang,
10
,
11

security system at Gardner Museum and,
21
,
210–211

sleeping in Gardner Museum as runaway youth and,
2–3

theories of Gardner heist and,
27–28

as trusted and respected figure in Boston's crime world,
7

Turner and,
130

violent crimes of,
8

violent nature of,
7–8

Russo, Joseph A. “J. R.,”
186
,
187
.
See also under
Boston mob

Sagansky, Harry “Doc,”
195

Salemme, “Cadillac Frank,”
15
,
70
,
71
,
86
,
102
,
167
,
186
,
187
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187 (photo)
,
194
,
210
,
215

Donati and,
205

Ferrara and,
192

Guarente and,
140

witness protection program and,
189