US charges nine in art, sports memorabilia theft conspiracy
New York (AFP) - An Andy Warhol silkscreen, Jackson Pollock painting and World Series rings awarded to baseball legend Yogi Berra -- those were just a few of the high-value items US prosecutors charged nine people Thursday with stealing. In a plot worthy of a Hollywood film, the suspects allegedly broke into multiple museums and institutions in several US states over 20 years to pilfer objects totalling millions of dollars. The accused then melted some of the items down into metal discs and bars before selling the pieces for hundreds of thousands of dollars, significantly less than their origi...