Man faces federal charges in theft of violins
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The man arrested in Paris on suspicion of stealing two violins valued at $300,000 was charged in U.S. District Court Tuesday with interstate transportation of stolen property.
Anthony Eugene Notarstefano, 42, of Long Beach was charged with transporting the violins from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, and then to Paris, where he was arrested while attempting to sell them, authorities said.
The violins were stolen Dec. 23 from the home of Mark Kashper, a violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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