A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty to breaking into a medical museum and stealing preserved human brains and other tissue that he then sold online, Reuters reported.
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23-year-old man pleads guilty to stealing human brains from museum
A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty to breaking into a medical museum and stealing preserved human brains and other tissue that he then sold online.
23-year-old man pleads guilty to stealing human brains from museum
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David Charles, 23 from Indianapolis, was sentenced to one year of home detention and two years of probation, county prosecutor spokesman Anthony Deer said.
Charles on multiple occasions broke into the Indiana Medical History Museum to steal jars of brains and other human tissue, according to Marion County prosecutor's office.
Charles was arrested in December 2013 after a San Diego man who bought six jars of brain material for $600 (120,000 Naira) on eBay alerted police, according to court documents.
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The museum is a former hospital for the insane founded in 1848 and later converted into a museum with an autopsy room and anatomical museum that displays preserved specimens, mostly brains, organized by pathology.
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