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FBI warning of Gardner heist plan and, 23–26
Grossberg, Bernard, 143
Guarente, Elene (wife), 120–121, 207
Donati and, 204
information that stolen art passed from husband to Gentile and, 90, 138–139, 141–142, 144–146, 179–180, 181, 214
Guarente, Jeanine (daughter), 142–143, 145
fake paint chips and, 143, 180
Guarente, Robert, 99, 120, 157, 162, 210
Donati and, 203–204
drug trafficking investigation of, 139–141
FBI deal brokering and, 136–137
FBI investigation of, 138–142
as FBI suspect, 130
Kelly’s theory of Gardner heist and, 178, 179–180, 182
Luisi and, 131–132
organized crime figures and, 140
reward and, 118
Rossetti (Stephen) and, 140
Salemme and, 140
Turner and, 140, 149, 163
wife’s claim he passed stolen art to Gentile and, 90, 138–139, 141–142, 144–146
See also Gentile/Guarente/Turner theory of Gardner heist
Hadley, Roland “Bump,” 23–26, 33, 34, 35, 38
Hartford Courant, FBI press conference, 2013, 130
Harvard University, 33
Fogg Museum, 106
Hatch, Francis, W., Jr., 35, 95–96
Hawley, Anne, xxii, 57, 92, 97, 108, 160
anonymous letters negotiating a return of stolen art and, 77–82
arrival on crime scene and, 59
on authenticity of stolen Rembrandt, 69
on Boston Globe article, and defense of trustees, 36–37
Boston mob and, 208–209
Bulger (James “Whitey”) and, 83
efforts to recover stolen art and, 77–82, 82–85, 85–86, 89
hiring of British private investigator by, 85–86
John Paul II and, 83
Kennedy and, 83
statements about the art loss by, 85, 105, 218
Youngworth and, 70, 83
Hearns, Kenny, 59
Hestand, Randy, 60
discovery of, in museum basement, 59
FBI lie detector test and, 94
as night watchman on night of Gardner Museum heist, 40, 44, 45–46, 47, 48, 56, 57
Hewitt, Linda, 23–26
Hiatt, Arnold, 70, 83, 143–144
Hingham, MA, art gallery, theft, 1984, 109
Hofmann, Charles “Bill,” 110–112
Holland, Trent, 58
Home thefts
in Massachusetts, 106–107, 108
Turner and, 154–157, 158
Horton, Willie, 9
Houghton, David, 69
theory of Gardner heist and, 199–200
Howard, Jeffrey R., 171
IGI, 95
Immunity from prosecution for return of stolen art, 65, 68, 70, 79, 98, 116, 136, 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, 98, 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 a
rt, 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, 18, 21, 26, 28, 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, 179, 189, 199, 212, 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, 187 (photo), 194, 210, 215
Donati and, 205
Ferrara and, 192
Guarente and, 140
witness protection program and, 189
See also under Boston mob
Salemme and Ferrara/Carrozza/Russo factions of Boston mob
war between, 188–189, 189–190, 193, 194–195
See also Boston mob
Security system. See Gardner Museum security system, vulnerability of
Sessions, William, 198
Sherman, Arthur, 107
Social media, 83
SocialSphere, 84
Sollitto, Alfred A., 151–152
Somerville, MA, xix
Sontag, Susan, 110
Sotheby’s, stolen art and, 110–112
Standley, Caroline, 37
State police. See Massachusetts state police
Stern, Donald, 72, 73, 176
Steven R. Keller & Associates, 35
Stockbridge, MA, art theft, 1978, 113–114
Stolen art recovery, 113–114
auction houses and, 110–112
transporting and selling and, 110–112
Stolen art recovery, Gardner heist
Boston gangsters joining recovery efforts and, 219–220
British private investigator Rokoszynski and, 85–89
Connecticut and Philadelphia as possible locations of, 113, 129, 130, 131–132
crowdsourcing and, 83–84, 218
FBI deal brokering and white-collar crimes and, 135–138
FBI determination of Connecticut and Philadelphia as locations of stolen art and, 113
FBI investigation of Donati and possible sights of buried art and, 207–208
FBI search of Gentile’s house in Manchester (CT) and, 123–126, 125 (photo), 132–133, 138
Internet and social media and, 83
locations given at FBI press conference and, 129, 130, 131–132
public appeal and, 83–84, 114–116, 130–131, 183, 218–219
Youngworth as lead in, 63–75
Stone, H. James, 107
Storin, Matthew V., 80
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (Rembrandt), xvi (photo), 49, 67–70, 115, 120, 137, 142–143, 183
paint chips to prove authenticity of, 69, 72–73, 143, 180
painting from You
ngworth believed to be replica of, 69, 73–74
Sullivan, John L., Jr., 92, 94
Sullivan, Michael, 209
Suspects. See FBI suspects in Gardner Museum heist
Swensen, Richard S., 80, 81–82
Tabel, Pierre, 85
Tarbell, Edmund C., 109
Tate Gallery, London, heist, 86, 89
Tewksbury, MA, home theft, 1990, 155
Thornburgh, Richard, 198
Titian
Rape of Europa, 53
Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar, 84
Turner, David, 153 (photo)
armored car headquarters heist plan and, 166–172, 189
Big Dig and, 158–159
Chinese vase and, 151–152
DiMuzio murder and, 155–156
as FBI suspect, 130, 149–150, 150–154, 172
Ferrara’s lobby for release of, 207
Gentile and, 147–148, 172
Guarente and, 140, 149, 163
home thefts and, 154–157, 158
Kelly’s theory of Gardner heist and, 178, 179, 180, 182
Massachusetts state police drug trafficking surveillance and, 150–152
Merlino and, 156, 160, 163, 171
Pappas murder and, 156–157, 158
Reissfelder and, 161, 162
thirty-year sentence in federal prison for theft attempt and, 147
See also Gentile/Guarente/Turner theory of Gardner heist
Turner, J. M. W., 86, 89
US Department of Justice, 198
US Department of Transportation, 159
Van Dyck theft, 211–212
Vermeer
The Concert, xvii (photo), 50–51, 73, 115, 120, 137, 139, 183
Virgin Adoring the Child (Civitali), 3
Washington, Carl, 96
Webster, William, 109
Weeks, Kevin, 94
Weinstein, Moe, 195
Weld, William, 158
Whelan, Edward, 155
White, Jeffrey, 71
Willard, Simon, 93
Wilson, Robert, 211–212
Winter, Howard, 219–220
Witness murders, 155–156, 156–157
Wittman, Robert K., 100–101, 181
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures, 101
Wolf, Mark L., 205–206
Wyeth paintings, 200
Youngworth, Judith, 66, 74
Youngworth, William, 47–48, 91, 157, 177, 219
credibility of, 70