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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 Youngworth 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

demands for immunity by,
70

as Gardner stolen art recovery lead,
63–75

Hawley and,
83

hiring of lawyer to negotiate with federal officials and,
72

identification of two thieves in Gardner Museum heist by,
69

Mashberg's viewing of
Storm on the Sea
in Brooklyn warehouse and,
67–70
,
67 (photo)
,
73

Merlino and,
162–163

note regarding possession of stolen Rembrandt and,
70–71

paint chips to verify authenticity of recovered Rembrandt and,
69
,
72–73

reward and,
162

Rhode Island businessman defrauded by,
74–75

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

Boston Globe

Stephen Kurkjian
is one of the most acclaimed investigative reporters in the country. A forty-year veteran of the
Boston Globe
, he is the paper's former Washington bureau chief and a founding member of its investigative Spotlight Team. Kurkjian has won more than twenty-five national and regional awards including the Pulitzer Prize on three occasions. He is a graduate of Suffolk Law School and lives in Boston.

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