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Here is more information about the Bland/Perry case.  Susan, Moderator,
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> From: Cynthia Requardt <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: map thefts
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> The following appeared in the Baltimore Sun today.
>
> Map Theft Suspect in Custody
>
> Gilbert J. Bland, Jr., a Florida rare maps dealer suspected in the theft
> of valuable maps last month from the George Peabody Library in Baltimore
> and other rare books libraries, was being held yesterday by police in
> Coral Springs, Fla.
>
> Police said Mr. Bland, 46, turned himself in Tuesday after learning of
> three warrants issued by University of Virginia police last month.  The
> warrants charge him with felong grand larceny in map thefts from books at
> the university's Alderman Library on Dec. 5 and 6.
>
> He remained in custody yesterday, awaiting an extradition hearing
> scheduled for today in Coral springs, police said.
>
> Ira Still, a Coral Springs attorney who represented Mr. Bland until his
> arrest, described his client as "very embarrassed, frightened and upset"
> about the Virginia charges. "He always maintained that [the theft at the
> Peabody Institute] was the only thing he ever did."
>
> Mr. Still said he was dismissed by Mr. Bland because "he said he could
> not afford an attorney."
>
>
> Cynthia H. Requardt
> Kurrelmeyer Curator of Special Collections
> Johns Hopkins University
> 410-516-5493
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