A British man named Joseph Heath was ordered to pay $3,000 to Becker College library after stealing 100 rare books, including one signed by Abraham Lincoln, The Telegram reports.
The 53-year-old Leicester native had smuggled around $115,000 out of the antique book collection of the library. One of the books he took was a first edition o Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
Heath, a janitor at the college, had offered the missing books or sale to private collectors, as well as posting them on Craigslist.
Heath’s book pilfering was discovered when he tried to sell books to the Leicester Historical Society, and one of the board members recognized the editions.
What a deal!
Only have to pay $3000 for 100 rare books? What a bargain! Everyone will be doing it.