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FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2003

A state jury found a former curator of the Wisconsin Historical Society guilty of stealing from the Lac du Flambeau tribal museum.

David L. Wooley took a 12-inch bear clan carving from the George W. Brown Jr. Ojibwe Museum and Cultural Center. The item has not been recovered.

Wooley was also convicted of selling $100,000 in Indian artifacts he stole from another museum. He will serve a 15-year sentence in that case, and three years additional for the Ojibwe case.

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Former state curator found guilty in artifact theft (AP 5/8)
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