DNA and vehicle tracking help police recover stolen Renoirs and arrest suspects

Four men were given preliminary charges in the investigation into the Sept. 8 theft from the small Renoir Museum in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera.

DNA left on a protective painting cover helped investigators recover two stolen Renoirs and uncover what they suspected were preparations for another art heist, a French prosecutor said Monday.

Renoir art heist suspects were planning 'imminent' second robbery, prosecutors say.

The arrests were prompted by the "very strong suspicion that another heist was imminent," the Marseille prosecutor said.

A pair of paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that were stolen last month from the artist’s namesake museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, were found by local officials. Six people thought to have been connected with the crime have been arrested. Bryan Masson, the mayor of the French Riviera town that is home to the violated Musée Renoir, […]

Police arrested six suspects earlier this month and four men have since been charged

Thieves broke into the museum and escaped with two works by Renoir, abandoning two others as they fled. The value of all four paintings was estimated at $10 million.

DNA left on a painting cover has helped investigators recover two stolen Renoirs and uncover plans for another heist, according to a French prosecutor

In Sept, thieves broke into Cagnes-sur-Mer and escaped with two works by Renoir, abandoning two others as they fled

The recovered Renoir paintings, valued at millions, were stolen in a daring heist at Cagnes-sur-Mer last month.

The whole operation took less than three minutes an d targeted the most valuable works in the Renoir Museum.

Two paintings by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been found again, weeks after thieves snatched them from a museum in southern France, the town’s mayor has said. The works were taken last month when intruders broke into the museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer and got away with two pieces, leaving two others behind as they fled. “These […]

Two Renoir paintings stolen from a museum in southern France last month have been found, and six people arrested, local authorities said Friday.

Officials also said that six suspects had been arrested in the robbery, which targeted a museum in southern France last month.

The paintings, worth millions of dollars, were stolen after thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer through a hole in a garden fence.

Two paintings by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been recovered, weeks after they were stolen from a museum in southern France, according to the town's mayor.

The two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir were ‘Madame Colonna Romano’ and ‘Young Woman at the Well’

Two paintings by the French impressionist master Renoir stolen a month ago from a museum dedicated to the artist have been recovered, according to the local mayor.

Two ⁠Renoir paintings worth millions ​of dollars that were stolen from a ​museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the ​local ‌mayor said on Friday. The thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and initally stole four paintings by the French master, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled.

The two works were seized last month when thieves cut through a fence and smashed a window at the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera.

Police have tracked down two stolen Renoir paintings and arrested six people linked to the heist in southern France.

Police have tracked down two stolen Renoir paintings and arrested six people linked to the heist in southern France.

Two paintings by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been recovered a month after they were stolen from a museum in southern France, the town's mayor said on Friday.

Thieves had initially taken four pieces with a value of over $10 million, but dropped two as they fled. Officials praised everyone that tracked down the paintings, but didn't reveal how they found them.

Two Renoir paintings stolen from a museum in southern France last month have been found, and six people arrested, local authorities said.

Two Renoir paintings stolen from a museum in southern France last month have been found, and six people arrested, local authorities said Friday. The mayor of the town housing the Renoir Museum, Bryan Masson, issued a statement praising investigators who tracked down the paintings and suspects. The statement did not elaborate on how they did […]

The suspects are believed to include the two alleged burglars, who reportedly broke into the museum at dawn by cutting through a fence.

Thieves broke into the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera last month and made off with two paintings. The heist follows a string of high-profile robberies from European museums.

The two paintings by the French artist stolen in last month's heist have yet to be recovered.

Six people arrested in France for the September Renoir museum theft in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Two stolen paintings remain missing. Full investigation update.