GentileRobert Gentile was charged with selling a firearm to an undercover agent . But his 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 . Robert Gentile 's house was searched in 2012 and police found a list of the stolen art pieces and their estimated value , as well as police uniforms . The half-a-billion heist remains unsolved and FBI has never come close to finding thieves . Gardner museum continues to display empty frames , and is offering $ 5million reward for the return of the works .
Robert Gentile was charged with selling a firearm to an undercover agent . But his attorney claims the arrest was a ruse to get Gentile to talk about the 1990 Boston art heist at the Isabel Stewart Gardner Museum . Gentile 's house was searched in 2012 and police found a list of the stolen art pieces and their estimated value , as well as police uniforms . The half-a-billion heist remains unsolved and FBI has never come close to finding thieves . Gardner museum continues to display empty frames , and is offering $ 5million reward for the return of the works .