Man arrested in eBay sale of historic documents
As reported by Jean-Yves BAXTER on News
A New York state employee who had access to government-owned
archives has been arrested on suspicion of stealing hundreds of
historic documents, many of which he sold on eBay, authorities said on
Monday.Among the missing documents were an 1823 letter by U.S. Vice
President John C. Calhoun and copies of the Davy Crockett Almanacs,
pamphlets written by the frontiersman who died at the Alamo in Texas.Daniel Lorello, 54, of Rensselaer, New York, was charged with grand
larceny, possession of stolen property and fraud. He pleaded innocent
in Albany City Court on MondayHe was found out by an alert history buff who saw the items posted
on the online auction site and alerted authorities, the state attorney
general’s office said in a statement.
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