A former prison chaplain who pleaded guilty to helping an imprisoned mobster recover a hidden violin avoided any additional time behind bars Thursday when a judge found that prosecutors had not proven that the instrument was a rare 18th-century Stradivarius that purportedly belonged to the late entertainer Liberace.
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Man accused in theft of $5M violin gets 7 years (UPDATE)
The man who masterminded the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin admitted Monday that he used a stun gun to attack a musician carrying the 300-year-old instrument, saying he intended to sell it to help people he believed were wrongly evicted from an apartment building he managed.
Read More »2nd man charged in violin theft pleads guilty (UPDATE)
A man accused of masterminding the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin pleaded guilty to robbery Friday, nearly eight months after the 300-year-old instrument was snatched from a musician who was attacked with a stun gun following a performance in Milwaukee.
Read More »Milwaukee man pleads guilty in theft of $5M violin
A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing the stun gun used to rob a concert master of a $5 million Stradivarius violin.
Read More »2nd suspect in violin theft to plead not guilty
A second Milwaukee man accused in the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin in January is also expected to plead not guilty to robbery charges.
Read More »Suspect in violin theft pleads not guilty
The Milwaukee man accused in last month's theft of a $5 million violin has pleaded not guilty.
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Prosecutors say it was the suspect's "dream theft": to simply snatch an expensive Stradivarius violin from an unsuspecting musician.
Read More »Priest denies helping mobster hide violin
CHICAGO (AP) — A former prison chaplain has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he plotted with convicted Chicago mobster Frank Calabrese Sr. to recover a violin reportedly hidden in a hit man’s Wisconsin house. Authorities say 62-year-old Catholic priest Eugene Klein of Springfield, Mo., was released on $20,000 bond after he appeared in a federal courtroom in Chicago ...
Read More »Feds: Prison chaplain passed messages for mobster (UPDATE)
CHICAGO (AP) — A prison chaplain has been charged in an alleged scheme to help imprisoned Chicago mobster Frank Calabrese, who is serving a life sentence for 13 murders, recover a valuable violin reportedly hidden in a Wisconsin house to keep the government from selling it, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Catholic priest Eugene Klein, 62, of Springfield, Mo., was indicted ...
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