Posted on 02/05/2014 8:12:56 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Three people have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a priceless Stradivarius violin, but the instrument has not been found, police said Wednesday.
The three suspects — two men, ages 42 and 36, and a woman, 32 — were arrested Monday morning at their respective Milwaukee residences and remained in police custody Wednesday. One of the suspects has been linked to a prior art theft.
The violin, crafted in 1715 and known as the Lipinski Strad after a former owner, was stolen from Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond during an armed robbery Jan. 27. Almond had played the instrument during a performance earlier at Wisconsin Lutheran College. The violin's case was found later that night on Milwaukee's north side. The getaway van, an older model maroon minivan, has not been located.
"We emphasize at this time that although we made arrests we have not yet recovered the violin," Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said at a news conference Wednesday.
Flynn said he did not want to speculate, but when asked, he said there's "a good chance" the violin is still in Milwaukee. Investigators received information that pointed to the suspects and physical evidence that specifically linked one of them to the crime, he said.
"At this point we don't have any indication they were working for anyone but themselves," Flynn said.
A $100,000 reward has been offered for information that results in the safe return of the Lipinski Strad. The chief said the reward may have induced tipsters to provide information that led to the three arrests.
"(The violin) is not something that can be disposed of at some future date. It will never be valuable for a thief. It's only value is for a collector," Flynn said. "
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Good grief!
Actually, their names do sound like adopted names; I wonder if they belong to one of those bizarre black cults that pop up every now and then? They usually take a mixture of Muslim and Egyptian or other similar names, either as first names or last names or both, and usually have an anti-white focus - and they frequently even wear costumes. There was a group like this in Miami a few years ago that killed several people and was planning on killing more, and then of course there's that bunch of loonies in the wild costumes who stand outside of Macy's in New York and rant about the "white devils."
So you’re suggesting this cult may have wanted a Stradivarius for its musical outreach program? ;-)
Exactly. Eat your cheap heart out Fitty Sents, here comes Sixx Millyon!
Poor Universal, he wanted to become the world's premier fiddlin' rapper.
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