Guilty Plea Expected In Theft Of Abraham Lincoln Signed Documents From MD Historical Society « CBS Washington

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Februray 2, 2012

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (CBSDC/AP) — A presidential historian has indicated he will plead guilty in a case in which he is accused of stealing documents signed by President Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte and other well-known leaders from around the world.

Barry Landau, a 63-year-old New York City author and collector, is accused of taking documents from the Maryland Historical Society and conspiring to steal documents from that institution and others in the Northeast with his assistant, Jason Savedoff, who pleaded guilty in October.

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Guilty Plea Expected In Theft Of Abraham Lincoln Signed Documents From MD Historical Society « CBS Washington