article_snippet.sent: A 78-year-old Connecticut man with a long criminal history was arrested on Friday, but A 78-year-old Connecticut man with a long criminal history's lawyer claimed the arrest was a ruse intended to pressure the man's lawyer to talk about the biggest art heist in U.S. history.
article_snippet.sent: Robert Gentile appeared in federal court in Hartford, .
article_snippet.sent: Robert Gentile attorney, Ryan McGuigan, contended Federal Bureau of .
article_snippet.sent: Robert Gentile attorney Ryan McGuigan (pictured), said that though Robert Gentile's attorney Ryan McGuigan (pictured) client was arrested on a gun charge, Robert Gentile's attorney Ryan McGuigan (pictured) believes the arrest was a ruse to pressure Robert Gentile to speak about the $500million art heist from 1990 .
article_snippet.sent: Robert Gentile in 2012 submitted to a lie detector test that showed .
article_snippet.sent: Robert Gentile has a criminal record dating back to the 1950s.
article_snippet.sent: recently Robert Gentile spent two years in prison after being convicted of . illegally selling prescription drugs to an informant.
highlights_snippet.sent: But Robert Gentile attorney claims the arrest was a ruse  to get Robert Gentile to talk about the 1990 Boston art heist at the Isabel Stewart Gardner Museum .
  