Salvage Sailor Posted November 24, 2021 Share #1 Posted November 24, 2021 News item Man who stole Revolutionary-era rifle from museum decades ago sentenced to 1 day Thomas Gavin stole the 1775 flintlock rifle from the Valley Forge State Park Museum and kept it in his barn for 47 years. The rifle has been returned. Full article here A 78-year-old Pennsylvania man who stole a rare Revolutionary-era rifle from a museum in 1971 was sentenced Tuesday to one day in prison and a year of home confinement, prosecutors said. The man, Thomas Gavin, of Pottstown, was also fined $25,000 and ordered to pay restitution of $23,385. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted November 24, 2021 Share #2 Posted November 24, 2021 Mixed feelings about the sentence. Glad the rifle is back where it belongs and glad about financial consequences of $48,000.+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normaninvasion Posted November 26, 2021 Share #3 Posted November 26, 2021 Interesting article. I'm sure there is a lot more cases like this that will come out. I feel like I heard that museum theft was pretty common in th 1960s-80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted November 26, 2021 Share #4 Posted November 26, 2021 Glad it’s back to its rightful owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted December 2, 2021 Share #5 Posted December 2, 2021 I just heard this story being discussed on NPR, gist is the same except the value of the rifle was quoted as $ 875,000. Now that is news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskrieg Posted December 2, 2021 Share #6 Posted December 2, 2021 This is in my area. He got one day in jail...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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