Guilty Plea in Lost Art Case
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<i> Associated Press</i>
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A retired art history professor pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing 14th century religious and historical documents stolen from libraries at the Vatican and in Spain.
Anthony Melnikas did not admit taking the illustrated manuscript pages. But the 69-year-old former Ohio State professor gave no explanation of how he obtained them.
He could get up to 64 years in prison and $2 million in fines. No sentencing date was set.
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