Highway billboards will show the pieces and invite tipsters.
FBI officials announced Monday they know who committed one of the biggest art heists in history, but they still need the public's help to locate $500 million worth of missing artwork, some of which they believe is in the Philadelphia area. The heist, which happened at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, led to the theft of 13 works of art by by Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, Govaert Flinck, Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet. Two thieves dressed as Boston Police officers infiltrated the museum, tied up the guards, and stole the artwork, according to the FBI. And for many years, that's where the case went cold. But thanks to a tip that came in in 2010, 20 years after the theft, FBI officials now believe the stolen artwork may be in …
The agency declined to comment on the nature of the investigation.
The FBI, with an assist from Haverford Township Police, conducted a raid of Comprehensive Pain Consultants Wednesday morning, multiple sources are reporting. The 574 W. Lancaster Avenue health care provider specializes in pain management. According to Philly.com, Haverford Police were not involved in the investigation, but were at the facility yesterday to support the agency. The FBI declined to comment on the nature of the investigation. Main Line Media News is reporting that, according to a source at the scene, the raid began no later than 9 a.m. on Jan. 16, and involved agents carrying boxes out of the office and into a truck that was parked in the rear of the building. Haverford Patch will have more on this story as it becomes …
The FBI says Dorothy June Hairston Brown defrauded three charter schools, which she founded, between 2007 and 2011.
A Haverford woman was charged Tuesday with defrauding three charter schools she founded, costing them $6.5 million. The indictment from the U.S. Attorney's office accused Dorothy June Hairston Brown, 75, of committing the crimes between 2007 and 2011. Along with Brown, four colleagues are charged with conspiring with Brown to obstruct justice, according to the indictment: Joan Woods Chalker, 74, of Springfield; Michael A. Slade, Jr., 31, of Philadelphia; Courteney L. Knight, 64, of King of Prussia; and Anthony Smoot, 49, of New Castle, Delaware. Together, Brown and her colleagues are charged with 62 counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice, wire fraud (50 counts), witness tampering, obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting. Brown is …
Tom
12:20 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
So basically if I had one of the pieces, I could sell it back for $5M ?! Statute of limitations is up for the crime, I think I would take the money and give back the painting :) more ›