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When Mireille Breitwieser heard of her son's arrest from Kleinklaus, who had been able to evade Swiss authorities, she proceeded to destroy many of the works Breitwieser stored at her house in Mulhouse: contemporary reports suggested she cut or carved them up, leaving the remains of the frames in the trash over several weeks and forcing the shredded paintings down her garbage disposal unit, [1 ...
A new deal for purchase of the paintings was set up, but it broke down in the last minute when Stevo's negotiator demanded a doubling of the advance payment. Stevo was arrested, but the evidence was deemed insufficient for prosecution. He was represented by Edgar Liebrucks. [2] The German prosecutors then all but gave up on the case.
In January 2005, Breitwieser was given a 26-month prison sentence. Unfortunately, over 60 paintings, including masterpieces by Brueghel, Watteau, François Boucher, and Corneille de Lyon were chopped up by Breitwieser's mother, Mireille Stengel, in what police believe was an effort to remove incriminating evidence against her son. [35] Van Gogh ...
It recounts the astonishing saga of Stéphane Breitwieser, the notorious art thief who stole hundreds of pieces of art between 1994 and 2001, mostly from museums throughout Europe – a collection ...
CC-1 was arrested by Brazilian law enforcement on Jan. 18, 2024, for his involvement in Brent Sikkema’s murder. Rio state police identified the man arrested as Alejandro Triana Trevez last year.
The group of prosecutors and law enforcement agents planned and prioritized efforts to find and arrest Jan. 6 defendants, based on intelligence coming in from around the country.
This list consists of American politicians convicted of crimes either committed or prosecuted while holding office in the federal government.It includes politicians who were convicted or pleaded guilty in a court of law; and does not include politicians involved in unprosecuted scandals (which may or may not have been illegal in nature), or politicians who have only been arrested or indicted.
Carter, Shannon and Gardner were all arrested in mid-November 2023, court records show. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Former postal worker stole $24M in check theft scheme, feds say.