Hearing set for man charged in documents theft
BY: Associated Press A presidential historian’s assistant accused of conspiring to steal valuable documents from archives throughout the Northeast is expected back in federal court. A re-arraignment is scheduled in U.S. District Court on Thursday for 24-year-old Jason Savedoff, which often indicates a defendant is changing his plea. Savedoff and historian Barry Landau are charged with stealing historical [...] |
Former Archives employee pleads guilty to theft
BY: Associated Press GREENBELT — A former National Archives employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing and selling recordings from his former employer, including an original 1937 sound recording of baseball legend Babe Ruth. Leslie Charles Waffen, who spent 40 years working at the National Archives and Records Administration, pleaded guilty to stealing property from the agency that safeguards [...] |
Accused historian seeks to sell assets
BY: Associated Press A presidential historian charged with conspiring to steal documents from archives throughout the Northeast is asking for court permission to sell artwork and other valuables to cover his living expenses, according to a motion filed Friday in U.S. District Court. Barry Landau, 63, needs cash to pay expenses such as the $2,700 rent on his [...] |
Historian accused of library theft faces trial
BY: Associated Press An attorney for a presidential historian charged with the theft of such library treasures as papers signed by Abraham Lincoln and invitations to inaugural balls says there is no evidence against his client and he shouldn’t have been denied bail. A request for a bail review was filed Wednesday for 63-year-old historian Barry Landau, attorney [...] |
Scholar seeks bail review in Maryland documents theft
BY: Associated Press A presidential historian charged with stealing millions of dollars in documents from the Maryland Historical Society is asking for a bail review. An attorney for 63-year-old Barry Landau, whose book “The President’s Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy” was published in 2007, petitioned for the review Wednesday, arguing it is unreasonable that Landau [...] |
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