SUSPECTS!

Carmello Merlino
-NE Mafia Figure
-Died at 71 in 2005
-Ran cocaine operations in 1992
-Siezed by Federal Agents for conspiring to rob Loomis-Fargo & Co. armored depot in Easton
-Sentenced to 47 years in prison on November 22, 2002
-Defense attorney Richard(The Fat Man) Chicofsky dropped the idea of Merlino and the heist

Joseph P. Murray
-Charlestown Underworld Leader
-Died 1994-Wife murdered him
-Brutal criminal who tried to smuggle arms to IRA through the Valahara Trawler in 1984
-FBI clued in on him as a heist suspect by William P. Youngsworth III in the late 1990s
-In 1997 Youngsworth claimed the art was hidden in NY
-Youngsworth said Murray tried to return peices for a trade-to release his friends from jail

Jerry Kaplan
-Suspect for 4 years
-Busted during 1970's for trying to sell a machine gun and antique paintings
-Admits stealing $100,000 worth of paintings on Tony Charles St. in 1970's
-He interviwed himself on youtube to declare his innocence on the heist
-Says he wishes he was in on it because it was a great plan

Charles O. Pappas
-Son of a notorious cocaine dealer
-Faced 15 years in jail at the age of 23 for a $1million/year cocaine trafficking ring
-Made connections w/ Merlino in 1992 for leniency on his drug charges
-Ambushed while attempting to snitch information about a home invasion in Canton

Bobby Donati
-Ties to Mafia
-Criminal record dating back to 1958
-Boasted about his involvement in the heist
-Never profited from the crime
-Guards say the suspect was in his 30's, while Donati would have been in his late 50's.

David Allen Turner
-Snagged by FBI for car robbery
-Beat numerous charges of murder, stealing $48,000 from Cheers, and the Canton home invacation of 1990
-Says he was framed for the heist
-460 month sentence for having weapons in an armored car robbery
-Had connections with Merlino


DESCRIPTIONS OF SUSPECTS AS SEEN BY WITNESSES
Suspect One
-White Male
-Late 20's to Mid 30's
-5'7''-5'10''
-Medium build
-Dark short cropped hair
-Dark eyes
-Narrow face, shiny false mustache
-Boston Accent

Suspect Two
-White Male
-Early to Mid 30's
-6'0''-6'1''
-180-200 lbs.
-Broad shoulders, otherwise lanky
-Dark eyes
-Blank, medium length puffy hair
-Fair complexion and round face
-Black shiny false mustache

-Both suspects wearing Boston police uniforms

CALL BOSTON F.B.I @ 1-617-742-5533 IF YOU HAVE INFO!