Stolen Firearms & Artifacts Recovered - Taken in 1971 Historical / Museum Pieces

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FBI: Artifacts stolen from PA museums in 1960s, 1970s returned

Federal authorities say 15 historical artifacts stolen almost a half-century ago from a number of Pennsylvania museums have been returned to the institutions. The FBI art crime team and other law enforcement agencies repatriated the 18th- and 19th-century rifles and pistols as well as a Native...

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Decades After Thefts, Stolen Artifacts Recovered and Returned to Philadelphia-Area Museums | Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI’s Art Crime Team and its law enforcement partners returned 15 artifacts that were stolen during the 1960s and 1970s to six museums in the Philadelphia area.

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[MasterChief]

Kenosha Kid should donate instead of destroy.

 

[gmerkt]

Sometimes it takes a while for these things to show up. Authorities here and there are still finding stuff that was lost or stolen during WW2.

 

[72scoutman]

They seem to really value the history of these items, but yet they allow the removal of statues of iconic men from the same era.....interesting times we live in.

 

[powermad]

That's cool that they got them back.

Another article from that site caught my eye..
Firearm related too....
There I was minding my own business then I slipped and fell.

Bomb squad called to hospital after man arrives with WWII-era mortar stuck in his rectum

GLOUCESTER, Eng. (TND) — A bomb squad was reportedly called to a hospital in England after a man arrived with a mortar shell stuck in his rectum. Members of the11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment responded to a call fromGloucestershire Royal Hospital on Thursday after the patient was...

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