Arrests in KY in Assault on Librarian and Theft of Rare Books

Four Kentucky college students have been arrested in the December heist of priceless rare books from the University of Transylvania. The FBI arrested a student from U.T., a University of Kentucky student, and two U.K. grads in the theft of a first edition of Darwin’s “Origin of Species”, Audobon prints, and incunabula from the library. They accomplished their deed while restraining the rare book librarian.

They were captured while attempting to sell the materials to Christie’s auction house in NYC. Here’s the awful story .