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Two Plead Guilty to Theft of National Historic Treasures Including Documents Signed by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A New York man has pleaded guilty this week to stealing pieces of our nation’s history. According to the FBI, Barry H. Landau, 63, of New York, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy and theft of historical documents from museums across New England, including original documents of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington,…

New Yorker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Historical Documents With Signatures from Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jason James Savedoff had an obsession with historical documents and folks like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. But it all seemed to center around money, not history. The 24-year-old New Yorker pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Baltimore to stealing historical documents from museums in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and…