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Former Archivist Pleads Guilty to TheftA former archivist with the National Archives and Records Administration regional office in Philadelphia pleaded guilty March 13 to stealing historical documents worth more than $200,000 and selling them to collectors. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine at his sentencing in June, the Associated Press reported March 13. Shawn P. Aubitz, who worked for NARA from 1981 to 1999, was charged February 11 with a single count of theft by a government employee. The stolen items included 64 presidential pardons, an 1863 warrant to seize the estate of Robert E. Lee, and hundreds of autographed photos of U.S. astronauts. Prosecutors said that 24 of the pardons and the 1863 warrant have been recovered, but none of the Apollo photographs have been found. Aubitz’s attorney Jodeen Hobbs told reporters that her client had financial and mental-health problems, but that he had “given them every name of every collector, every place that he recollects that any of the items were sold.” Posted March 18, 2002. |
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