"Man admits using stun gun to steal $5m violin" Associated Press November 11, 2014
MILWAUKEE — The man who planned the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin admitted Monday that he used a stun gun to attack a musician carrying the 300-year-old instrument.
He told the judge he intended to sell it to help people he believed were wrongly evicted from an apartment building he managed.
A judge rejected that argument from Salah Salahadyn, calling it a ‘‘Robin Hood’’ mentality, and sentenced him to seven years in prison.
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‘‘There’s a right. There’s a wrong. Don’t confuse them,’’ Judge Dennis Moroney told Salahadyn....
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