Man Linked To Art Heist Seeks Prison Release In Weapons Case

HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A reputed Connecticut mobster who authorities say is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in U.S. history wants to await sentencing in an unrelated weapons case at his home.
The motion filed Friday by Robert Gentile’s attorney in federal court called Gentile’s multiple transfers to prisons “cruel and unusual punishment.”
The 81-year-old Gentile was to be sentenced in September. But a judge postpone