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Weapons case sentencing delayed for man linked to art heist

Weapons case sentencing delayed for man linked to art heist | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this April 20, 2015, file photo, Robert Gentile is brought into the federal courthouse in a wheelchair for a continuation of a hearing in Hartford, Conn. Gentile, a reputed Connecticut mobster who authorities say is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in U.S. history, is set to be sentenced on unrelated weapons convictions. He is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in federal court in Hartford. (Cloe Poisson/The Courant via AP, File)

HARTFORD, Conn. – A reputed Connecticut mobster who authorities say is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in U.S. history has had his sentencing in an unrelated weapons case delayed over mental health concerns.

Eighty-one-year-old Robert Gentile appeared for sentencing Tuesday in federal court in Hartford, but his lawyer told a judge Gentile did not remember pleading guilty in the weapons case.

Judge Robert Chatigny (SHOT’-nee) delayed the sentencing to provide time to determine whether Gentile should undergo a competency exam.

Prosecutors have said they believe the Manchester resident has information about the still-unsolved 1990 heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Thieves stole an estimated $500 million worth of artwork, including works by Rembrandt and Johannes Vermeer.

Gentile denies knowing anything about the theft.

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