A 76-year-old Connecticut mobster eyed, but never charged, in connection with the unsolved 1990 theft of $500 million in masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has asked a federal judge to be merciful and spare him prison when he’s sentenced on drug and weapon charges in Hartford Thursday. Robert “The Cook” Gentile pleaded guilty in November.
Monday, May 06, 2013
Mobster eyed in $500 Million Art heist seeks mercy from judge
The Boston Herald reports: