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Stolen Idaho Heron Sculpture Returned

A stolen public art piece of a great blue heron valued at $3,000 has returned to its roost in northern Idaho. The 3-foot heron made of scrap metal, steel and rebar perched on a basalt base in Coeur d’Alene disappeared …

Ohio Thieves Leave with Valuable Mausoleum Doors

Thieves in northern Ohio absconded with an unusual item from a cemetery – the doors to several mausoleums. The Morning Journal of Lorain reports that the large double doors on three of the crypts had been stolen on Friday after …

Police Recover 2 Stolen Paintings by Dutch Masters

Police recovered two stolen paintings by Dutch masters and handed them back Thursday to the provincial museum they were stolen from five months ago. Three suspects are in custody, police said. The 17th-century paintings, a depiction of two laughing boys …

Man Steals Hotel Van, Crashes into N.D. House

Bismarck police arrested a 61-year-old man over the weekend after he allegedly stole a courtesy van from a local hotel and crashed it into a house. No one was hurt, but damage to the house is estimated at about $25,000. …

Three Mississippi School Buses Stolen

Three DeSoto County school buses were stolen, but school system officials said Friday that the thief returned two of them. The Commercial Appeal reports the third bus was recovered by police at the corner of Jefferson and Stonewall in Olive …

Missouri Man Tracks Down Classic Car Stolen in 1995

A Missouri man and his beloved classic car have been reunited 16 years after the vehicle was stolen. Edward Neeley, of Jefferson City, Mo., picked up his red 1969 Chevy Camaro in Salt Lake City on Tuesday after tracking it …

Statue Stolen from Oklahoma Church

Thieves have stolen a cement statue of St. Francis from an Episcopal church in Edmond, Oklahoma. Oklahoma City television station KFOR reports that the theft was reported last week. The statue was stolen from a garden on the grounds of …

Truck with Equipment for Obama Tour Stolen in Virginia

At least no one left the keys to Air Force One in the ignition. In an egg-on-face moment for the government ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to Virginia, someone stole a Pentagon truck containing $200,000 worth of presidential seals, …

Brothers Charged with Stealing Pennsylvania Bridge

Two brothers have been charged with stealing a western Pennsylvania bridge and selling the 15 1/2 tons of scrap metal for more than $5,000. Police say 24-year-old Benjamin Arthur Jones and 25-year-old Alexander Williams Jones of New Castle used a …

Man Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing Two Vermont Tour Buses

A Michigan man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he agreed to buy two tour buses from a Vermont company for $600,000, but then took them without paying for them. Fifty-four-year-old Seth Murdock of Detroit entered the pleas Tuesday …