American Archives Thief Sentenced To Prison : "An American man was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing 118 Civil War-era documents from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Howard W. Harner Jr. from Virginia pleaded guilty to the thefts in March and admitted selling the documents to a private collector and in various auctions.
Harner told U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson that he would do whatever he could to help recover the 61 documents that are still missing, the Washington Post reported May 27. In addition to the prison term, Harner must pay a $10,000 fine.
U.S. Archivist Allen Weinstein urged manuscript dealers to cooperate in retrieving the missing letters and other documents. �This sentence sends a very clear signal that theft of cultural property belonging to the American people will not be tolerated,� he said in a statement."
Monday, June 13, 2005
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