Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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 …
Friday, February 15, 2013
FBI agents are looking for a man involved in an attempted bank robbery on Ridge Avenue Thursday morning.
The following photos and information are provided by the Philadelphia branch of the FBI. The Philadelphia Police Department and the FBI are seeking the public’s assistance to identify and locate the subject responsible for this [Thursday] morning’s attempted robbery of the TD Bank branch located at 5501 Ridge Avenue in the city’s Roxborough section. At approximately 10:20 a.m., the subject entered the bank and passed a teller a demand note. The subject eventually fled the area of the bank without obtaining any money. The subject is described as a black male in his late 20s to early 30s, approximately 5’10” tall, with a goatee and glasses. He wore a dark-colored jacket, ski cap, and gloves. This subject is considered armed and …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Authorities are reporting that the TD Bank at 5501 Ridge was robbed Thursday morning.
The following information has been provided by the Philadelphia branch of the FBI: Philadelphia Police and FBI representatives are investigating an attempted bank robbery that took place in Roxborough Thursday morning. According to a release from the Philadelphia branch of the FBI, an unknown man entered the TD Bank at 5501 Ridge Avenue at approximately 10:20 a.m. Thursday morning and presented a teller with a note demanding money. It is unclear at this time if the unknown man left the bank with any money. Authorities describe the man as being in his late 20s, approximately 5'10", goatee, and wearing a dark jacket and gloves at the time of the incident. This robbery represents the second bank robbery in the Northwest in 2013. The Citizens …
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 ›